FRED .KURTZ, Epiror and Pror'r “TERMS: One year, $1.50, when paid in ad nee. Those in arrears subject to rms. $2 per year, Advertisements 20 cents ns.and 5 cents for each su r line for 8 inser nent insertion. —————— AI Centag Havy, Pa., Taors, Nov, 28. 3,000 Quem AT THE sos 0) «THE RACKET.” No. 4 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte. All the new things received soon as out. price. on Metropolitan and 2c on Delineator. G. R.SPIGELMEYER. LOCAL ITEMS. course has been tramp for 15 days. —C. D. Runkle, of Philadelphia, for ginning of this week. —Rev. A. A. Black, of Boalsburg, 7 o'clock. trated his foot about an him much inconvenience, — Rev. Eisenberg has accepted the inch, causing Hall, and will shortly make his home here. He is a one-armed man, and an able miuister, — Soyder's shoemaker shop has bee removed to the bailding in the rear the bank. Repairing aod new work done in style, and short notice snd at rea. sonable charges. — Tuesday was bright, and many folks bit it for a butenering day. The porkers have to take iL right aod left from cd steel and lead, and the squeal that is heard is indicative of comin: SAUAAZ-S, mates of whose lamily are willing to save him from the vexatioos of “hired help” in the administration ol the domesiic economy, says the Aitoona Tribune, Write oui your experience Bro. Dern. | —Mark King, who kicked his wife to death at Hazleton, Pa., wus sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Probably he wouldn't have had any more fun if he had gone to New York, knocked down a man and robbed him of 75 cents, years’ imprisonment. £3 - farm, now owned by F. Kurtz, miles west of this place, which was abandoned and filled up about 40 years ago, is now being reopened and cleaned out, by Reu- the weil bas been found in good condis tion, and the old stream will be reached in a few days. i ——— KINSTHEMURDERER THUS AJUDGED. a— HOP | Tk IE PLEA OF INSANITY Hour and Ten Minutes and fendered Their Verdictof Murder In First De- gree. i i i i [ Court met on Monday. President | Rhoads on the bench. The grand jury | was sworn Monday forenoon, and i | was small and petty. | David Rhule for illegal selling of | nor. No evidence found against | Rhnle and nol. pros. entered. | on the charge of infanticide, The indictment against Abs, | for violation of the liquor laws, was ig | nored by the grand jury for want of wit~ | nesses. fHE MURDER TRIAL. | Tuesday morning the Hopkins murder | case was taken up, and at noon a jury | was obtained and sworn, The court | house was crowded with people to the trial, Some few months ago the de- fendant shot his wife and mother-in- attempted to shoot himself, but was not successful. We condense | report. Mr. Hopkins was brought into court and was ordered to stand up when the | clerk of the court read the indictment to | which he plead “pot guilty,” and wished from the News Daily | clerk responded, “And may God make | you a safe deliverance,” LECT Holte called. Live ot formed any opinion in regard to the t of the defendant; have no consciens ious scruples against capital punish- nent. Accepted, George Eckle. Have no | against capital ponishment; have not formed any opinion as to guilt or inno- vense of the prisoner. Challenged d jant. James Tobin. Have no scruples inre gard to capital punishment, Challenged by defendant Abeduigo against capital i by { om BE ING A JURY. efen Stine no scruples Set aside Have punishment. onwealth. Henry Vaogn, Has difficolty in hear ing: have no bias against prisoner. aside by Commonwealth. Frank B. Stover. Have against capital punist ment as long 88 It is law: have formed an opinion a8 to guilt of prisoner, but not so fixed as bot it would yield according to evidence io Chalienged by defendant, Was not opposed to capital punishment. Juror accepted by defendan’, James Turner. Have no bias him: have no scruples it ‘8 deserving. Andrew Giean nion ia re ave no ant, r aga: nst hanging f Accepted. Have t rmed no prisoner defend op { gard 10 gu 3 bias 5 halleoged Oy Have lormed no fon as to guilt of prisoner; have no sgh nat Lun W.t ion «8 to opi bins Chal enged by defendant Farner. Have formed no opin gui t of prisoné ; have vo bias against met sside by Commons wealth, he Cornelios Houz Had formed no opinion as to guilt or innocence of pris oper, Accepied. Mark Moouey, hanging Am Net aside vy § John Gunsalius, ] opinion Ad epled, Henry Elienberger, | opinion. Bet aside by | Wm. Harter { Challenged. George Ocker. Have formed po opin- ion; have no scruples against baoging. { Challenged. Simon Neybart. i him. Challenged. | Edward Moore, not opposed to Commonwe ith Have formed no Have formed no Commonwealth, Formed no opinion. Have no bias against Am not opposed to Challenged. Have no opinion as lo —— ws SA AAAS camo pom os snp , 1 { Farmers Mills, fev B, Smith of Union eo fafled to fill the Evangelion] pulpit here last Sunday, which was caused by the flood last week, Death of Mrs. Emerick. Mrs, Emerick, widow of Wm, Emer» | iek, of near this place, died ou last Bun- day morning, after an illness of several | months. Her husband precedsd her to the other shore, several years 6go. | Mra. Emerick was a devoted wife and | goveral weeks ago while Geo, Ream's boy was affectionate mother, and leaves Jo | returning home from school his keen eye discov ehildren —Mra, James Alexander, Caros | treo, and Mr. Roam anda 1 M CC B | ered a bee in & pine : : He 1 y : § 7 ! oe . | ha.d on bis pocket and said he wouid | ne, Mrs. C. C. Brumgart, and a son | friend went and cut the tree, and found it to be i | George—'to mourn her loss, blow her braing out; said Mrs. Wigamen | po C1 ; ] 1 2 | rich find, for the bee had stored & big lot of hon | was mean, dirty and stingy, that she cat | _ © ay was a Le 3righian woman i Fa a. | ey in the tree. | butter with kpifeshe was eating with, | ya Ins in MF oe ot Naran E Bos | | that he was not used to eating with hogs; | a ha Were ol si Canite Lid he did appear to be mad at Maggie; 1 | on Wednesday last, followed to their number of | was that they were being abused. Hop- | | kins said to Mrs, Wigamen, you d—— | old b=——h you have told your story; he | grabbed deceased by the neck. She | #aid you now see how he abuses me and it is not the first time;Maggie showed me | her lip where he had hit her. Prisoner | wont ont and came back got poker and | ran after Mrs. Wigamen and Ma.gie | went between them; prisoner put his Lutheran communion services here fn the Union church next Bunday at 10 a. m, i i i i Last week our neighbor Robert Bmith butchered | 8 hog that weighed 370 pounds, and then John Auman took & potion to beat that and butchered one that welghed 4338 pounds, and by all indica tions the Esq. up the road is trying to beat all in age { vicinity. if you John want 10 see tishel to good “drop” | was afraid of him, * | last resting place by a large ni B. J. Laport, Justice of the Peace, tes- | frier ds and relatives, Her maiden name Liat. A : y CO | owas R i wr O i an ie! | tified saw Hopkins on Sunday at Alport’s | a ant Huet of yi liam, Da ie, livery stable saw him in public build- | =" . ) rp | ing YS day Hopkins Fin Ie ol me | WA8 64 years, 3 months and 16 days. marksmanship, ask : br had shot Ma and her mother: | Rev, W, E. Fischer officiated at the | you a beefand he'll surs | said he bad done it to get satisfaction | funeral and preached sn impressive | prise you. | told Dr. Dunwiddie and others at BAIDG | sermon. Preyious to her death whe se~ | Reversal of our dads here have discovered that | time that they would find his shoes in i lected a8 her pall-bearers, Wm. Wolf, J | somebody has been taking their horses out of the , ; | D. Marray, Frederick Kurtz, and D.J | stables at night, and 1 | Mrs. Wigamen's house; said that was his drove them shamefully him. | Meyer, | This is the conversation in substance that | | overcoat when it was brought to Butcherings and long sausages are trump now, os . x 1 nig? y ’ | Fzra Auman Penn twp. { I heard and was voluntary on prisdners i Pres’t Dr. HAVE) KL. By rd On comes home to spend his Saturdays and Bundays i : | ander the parental roof. part, John M Click. Wasat public builds! President of the Baltimore Medical | | ings Sunday, Sept 22; witoess had writ. | College has used Speer’s Port Grape Wine | ten down a statement Hopkins made to | very eviensively in his practice and his him at that time; he was lying on bunk | written the follwing letter: : ' du lin public building; he stated he left | Baltimore, MD.. April 17th. We a, hs gest, being in py A Infancy a Houtzdale at 11 o'clock p m; went to I have prescribed Speer's Port Grape | that enterp Ba pe Ye Paar | cellar of house of Wigamen's and staid | Wine with marked and decidedly bene- | not be passed by witha ‘ ent, But | all night; took off my shoes so that I | ficial «ffects in cases requiring a gently wea wondes whi | would make no noise; when I went up | stimulating tonic, delleving it entirely You could stairs put my hands aronnd her and she | free from adulteration of any kind, have | part of the great told me to get out foras— of a b——_ 1 | DO hesitation in recommending it to the inp ay then Max Kiel shot her twice, then went up stairs and | profession and the public generally as rye whis "8 shot Mrs Wigamen twice; I did not | entitled to full confidence for both | break lock off door when I shot Mrs. | professional and family purposes i | Wigamen, I broke lock off door some This statement is predicated npon the | time before to get Maggie fo come and ascertained value of this production, and sleep with me. not from general reputation merely. At 35 miontes past two p.m. WF | Harvey 1. Byrd, M Reeder, counsel for the prisoner, opened | President and Professor of Obstetrics | the case in his defence. He said that | and diseases of Women and Children, | all persons charged with crime come into | Baltimore Medical College, | the court with a presumption of inno- | | cence which remains until that presump- tion is broken down by impeachable evi- | py William's Indian Pile Ointment dence, and you a true deliverance make. | (a only sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or 1 he defence say that at time of com~ i Itching Piles ever discovered. It never mitting the crime the prisoner was not cases of long of a sound mind. We will show you | Srathbdide, that insanity runs in his family and that | | he has a sister now in an insane asylum, | who is teaching in ol > “YEXI VIDL VICL" Ihe Exposition is closed until October next. MIL Mune Com Wa BO tied that only one wholes boldly represented, 4 of bottles from any g. twas the prettiest 6 Wi now guch 8 Bl 5 per ful wh, Overholt or arts for $5.00 £3: 4s % his paper. i i i} £7, MARKETS. PILES! PILES! PILES! i. fails to cure old chronic standing. Judge Coons, Maysville, Ky. says “ Villig 's { ile Ointmen “show you that at the time of | ay lay Lada not of Mpg i Cig ae prisoner wah Judge Coflinbury, Cleveland, O., says pot of a sound ming ana en shall as # N t y ¢ at 1 of vou to render verciet or forte . Ww I have fou od by > per ence hat Os ZH. ; | William's Indian Pile Ointment gree if not adjudged insane. His address | a diate and permanent relief was eloquent earnest sod interesting. | Wa have hundreds of bh ted Several witnesses then testified they | o14 Do pot suffer an instant longer had seen the prisoner act very queer at | vo draooists at 50c & $1 per box, times before the murder, and had a wild | appearance, : A brother testified as to insanity in| the Hopkins connection, an sunt of the | | prisoner being in an asylam. { will be a grand opening of Christ: Hopkins, the prisoner, being sworn, | ROO is at Wm. T Meyer's Cash Bazaa: said: am 20 yearsold, was born at Speos | Bellefonte. Come and select your pres= cerport, York state ; went to Philipsburg | ents before the stock is redaced, - _-_— - B years worked at carpenlering ; Sn . , ———— STAR SPRING WATER was married 2 years ago to Magei- Wig amen : went to keeping house with Mrs. | aratoga Star Spring Water for sale in was at home on Sunday three | potties and by the giase by all druggists TESTA Calbering ship. having WItORls Bid gives suc testimond ~ aplly Holiday Display. On Saturday, November 350th, there a BLO ; Wigamen ; weeks before the tragedy when I was ar- rested : after | was released I went home | and was under bail to appear before the squire on Monday ; no person appeared ; “ ead i 1 wal : y , BPP -Diried froit wanted a C. BEZAIDHEL the ADO I was released y On [oes . . : + ‘ . | Spring Mills, d AY 0 lowing I brought home some ment ook ai my wife threw it ont of | Ask your storekeeper wire and we had & quarre’ ; after quar- { g*t a No 1 ari was over Dorsey Myers came in and Woodland and all { me hia f de 7 and hard con at 1} “1 Mrs Wignmen was always pickivg me: don’t recoiled what «he said to at that time: don't believe | t Vora Wigaman by the thr - Ask at your store fioar-—it is No. 1. for Calla Lily P, Long's, fir ( oT) to d ia 1 i i Te + Aly flour, and {% sit of kinds e Centee Hall & hoked prisoner then men!ione’ different towns he wen i niin 4 14 ew Nw JOU of robes | blankets very cheap a and 5 horse wag A 4 a i § # 5 he Ls a‘led le pang Ginew' 8 $ {town you can bay ber boot = Bartha i= ® On Of HB R » n vver flen her mean, and she was real wean; | i rent before living in Wigamen's house; dot th I quarrelied with my ying for milk; : pnt Mrs Wigamen ot broke a chair os das had no that time. Was in Fair t ten dave, did no work there as wages were only $4 per week Yes, that hoaeh it was my ter. I think I wrote the letter, I got to Osceola on Friday: don't know : 1 3 how I got to Houtadale ; don’t know how | ——Lewios can sell you a late I got to Houtzdade: don’t know how I1%® 1it or take your measure and make 1 8 came to Phi ipeborg; do vot know where i order on wh it notice, and ai a saving 10 [ went in Philipsburg : dont kvow as | i you of from $3 to 88. Try Limon this got into the cellar that night more than | ~The elegant new shoe store, of Mr. | what 1 hear; dont remeaber of seeing | Gillam, io the Crider Block, Bellefonte my wife in the cellar; dont know as I | should be visited to see bis stock and | { went out of cellar into honse : dont recol- | variety of boots and shoes for ail ages ¥i : : ¢ 1 Le Saag-troad i » e kil ed 2 cow for Daniel ern which had strayed we T3012 Hosterman, of on { track © in " ) GK i " wie abot : : ie IK I ever it the n it of $ Dn ws LEON 0 L.el's new cwolbing store, Conrad p for Bargains in men and 8. i i opposite | se, Is he ARO 1 a . at rd’ ai At the Station. yet abot - . : ip A , come | Hy 8 Millheim band wi hold " musical convention the first of the renson commecing Dec 16, and 1o clase following Baturday. ooks as lot. style ¥ ~ Tn spite of all competition Lewin continues to take the lead in ready made clothing, low prices as well 8s quality of goods. He gets ahead of all, sells more Shan all, pleases all, and fits and suits fil. —Mingle's shoe store in the DBrock- erhoff house block has every idea in the line of boots and shoes, wu hether of rab. ber, leather or cloth, and he sells at bot. tom prices. so that pone pay more thao the gnods are worth, He warrants all ne sells, Judge Bucher on Saturday of week before last discharged Martin Dietrich from custody, he having been confined in the Snyder county jail for several months charged with the morder of Cherles Hane, of Shamokin Dam, The Commonwealth having produced no new evidence and the conrt being of the opinion that the evidence was not snffi- cient to hold him for a further hearing, he was consequently discharged. Mar- tin Dietrich has retarned home, glad to receive his liberty. Ftoves! Stoves, that is what Reesman across the way is stocked with. Btoves of every size and descrip tion, for the parlor, sitting room and kitchen ; stoves for wood and coal, for rich and poor, plain and faney ; s¢ fine an assortment as can be found in this connty, and at prices far below other deniers, Andy pu's them up for you and warrants them good. His is the ol= dest stove store in the county and none of his customers have yet had cavse to complain and always found bim honest Andy, and those are the business men one should always patronize, and see his stock, and you will be pleased with what you see he has, cee fSLOV ES | | Go . DRUNK ENNESS--LIQI OR HABIT-In sll World there is but Ope Cure, Dr, Halnes' the Golden Specific, in & cup of tea or oofliee, wilh- t, effect Wer ionholic the 8 gs have been ree will ministration Bend r and full par iars Address in confdence, BPECIFIC CO. 155 Race BL, Clnciunstl, UO TO AGENTS |i. WANTED| ** The most wonder: rest value and ev published Gb he ENTIRELY NEW BOOK i collection of practical y day use lor ihe people er A marve: of = o fry ; i i globe. Ko Comes When si ite 1c most remarkabi FNoe LHe Wor rs on the making SCAMMEL & OO, Box 5003 Bt. Louis or Philadelphia RSI, AT — 0 | ject of shooting Maggie or Mrs, Wiga-| and sexes, ymen ; dont remember of telling parties in | Now is your time to get a cheap | that I had killed them. | overcoat, and Lewins has ‘em cheap, At 7 on Thursday eveniog Judge Forst | good, warm, lasting goods. Give the i charged the jury. The jary, after being | Phiiad. Branch a call and see for your | out an hour and ten minutes, rendered: | geif and save §5 to boot, : | jai 1 | a verdiot, “guilty of murder in the first | | degree. . . ... | for two horses, made in Cleveland, | Both sides were conducted with skill | ge ndard, and the best in the U. 8, | and ability—Meyers and Spangler for the | ou ranted, magnificent finish, inquire at | combined weight, 15 lbs. Guess he’s as | opinion as {o guiit or innocence of prise | commonwealth and Reeder for the pri- | the mill; price $70, thehighest class. Same road now as a prince, and we hope the Oner. Challenged vy defence. | soner, . " wagon with tubular axle, $73, : : fitle aisters will be a continued joy in| The rest of the jurors all avswered the | Hopkins heard the verdict with seem- ee Low ing is putt out ne aits | Charley's household. Next. questions in about the same way, viz’ | ing indifference. like orig i ay a ri t —Two more bodies have been found i had po bias agaicst the prisoner, and | 3 : n 1 Any on desiring a Brown wagon x t argains | «+ New G00GS . ' Mills, with all his success in business, | guilt or Ryocence of prisoner. Accepted, a has been made happy by Mrs. Long |~Balser Weber, Challenged for cause, . : presenting him with twin daughters, Eimer Campbell, Have formed no We are now prepared to have the public call at our : store and inspect our new line of goods, hey were selected with the greatest care and embrace an endless variety of pew designs and patterns worn during the Fall and Winter seasons. Our line of Fancy Plads, Tricots, Fall Prints, and All- Wool Suiting, are fine, and will please our ear'y customers, and in the Conemaugh river. One is thabdo that of a man, supposed to be John ER. Day, of Prospect, Maryland, who, with his hter, was lost from day express at East Conemaugh. The daughter's body was found some time ago. wwe A Farmers’ Institute is to be held under the anspices of the State Board of icnlture, 7 and 8, 1t is the intention of the Com- an extra train from Bellefonte if there is prospect of sufficient attendance to war- rant it. This committes requestz that all who would patronize such a train communicate at once with the Secretary of the Committee, Henry Hartswick, State College. me The COM ' of the Na- tional te fovea 10 be held under the suspioes and direction of the Evangelical Alliance, December 4th to 6th, has been published and from it we goo Shai out giisumed friend, Dr. Well, a u 1 program Friday, any 6, announces, “Oar Debt and Duty to the Immigrant Popus lston,” by Prof. Edmund J, Wolf, D. D,, Gettysburg, Pa. wwe On Tharsday night the large bank barn on the farm of the late Wm. Kief« fer, dec’d , in White Deer twp, farmed by his son Martin, was discovered to be in flames: It was antirely destroyed, together with all its contents, inclading two cows, one calf, a two-year old eolt all of his arops of this year, and much o mine Soin hk pi god w : ‘0 ; his 0 Shed and farming implements were alg ned. There wes, we are d, ir nee on the barn in the Valley Farmers’ Co,, wat nga on i i i { all read the accounts of the murder could make up | their o-inioos according to the testi | Anbther Murder, No Philipsburg juror was accept: | On Thursday morning the murderec ed. | body of a young girl name Clara B. Pierce jo were selected toserve on the jary: | brige in Centre county. M P Holter, George Geatzel, James Gunsalis lus, 8 E Royer, Joseph Apt, G R Quick, It is believed that the murler was committed about 9 neighborhood about that time. A tall pin man wearing a light sait of clothes, {and a Derby hat hal been seen with said to be | her a short time before and he is believed about one hundred, none of whom saw | to be the murderer. A man has been the deed committed, and we do not | arrested at Vanderbelt, on the Beech think their testimony worth printing. | Creek road who answers that description. Hopkins admitted at the time that he His pawe is not known at present. The committed the murder. The defense | girl had three bullet holes in her body, will go to the hopeless task of trying to ; on right through the heart. pve Hopkins msane, which will beup- | An inquest was held and it was found 1ill work; he does not look like it, aod the girl had been criminally dealt with soarce any will have such an idea. t . heg murder The Commonwealth is ably represent. ed by District Attorney J. Calvin Meyer, assisted B Col. Spavgler. Wilber F, of Hastings aud Reeder, is the counsel for defence. The testimony of the state nst the Prisons was mainly as threats ¢ had often made that he would shoot his wife and mothersio~law, and that it was a common thing to hear quarrels in the family, that Hopkins had choked and frequently abused his mother-in- law, Mrs. Wigaman. Other iestimon related to his sttempt to shoot hi { at Alport's livery stable, after be had comm itted the double murder. Mrs, Jennie Wigamen sworn. Reside Oe rca i a Ather on Hopi Hopkine was ip their yard be told me that he coaldn’t bear Ww “n A Bie was mea and stingy. Not said in house time; was ly; Mrs. Wigsmen told presence : A Bible Opening. D. E. Bible is now in the eastern mark- eta selecting for his new store at Spring Mills, one of the finest stocks of goods ever displayed in Centre co. His open ing day will be December, 3d, when he will be pleased to see all his old friends as well as others who want to bay best grods for the lowest prices. Will sell for cash and cash prices while all kinds of country produce will be taken in ex- change. Business will be done on Bible principles, - Two Men Killed This morning by a rockslide in the Morris lime quarries. near Bellefonte, two men were killed, Frank Oa'la her and Joo Maize, The ore haviow hin neck cut off, the other his skull and their bodies otherwise crushed N baok weak in J Ihe het rouble bn er, x ont of the best goode. He takes youar desired, narterly meeting in Bellefonte, Toes y. Next the undertakers will assem | ble, followed by the marble yard me rans. der for a suit and overcoat, Prices suit the times, Perfect satisfaction everything fully guaranteed. Mosraomeny & Co, Tailors, Bellefonte, ~The Rev. W. A. Trostle, of Boala« burg, will preach at Farmers Mills, Saas day next, at 10a. m, and at Georges Valley 2.50 Bi Communion services at Farmers Mills will not be held until further notice. The regular pastor will be absent over Sabbath on a short visit to Berliu, where he expects to atten the fiftieth anniversary of his father-in-law’s wedding. W. E Fisounn. wie MoFarlanes request us to say that they have received another invoice of roasters from New York whieh they are selling at $1 00 and $150, Thess goods are first class and to us it seems foolish for the of this vicinily to pay almost double the above price for these © to other parties. Call at McFarlanes ranything you need in the bardware and stove line. xmibo « «Michael Harper, of Aa ", dec’d,, has willed $1,000 to the Reformed chareh, of that town, and the residue of his oro ny to] his brother, oohe lee 4 0 n, who is appointe Dr in the will Mr. Joha H in in trom the west to at as ex-ontor. The $1,001 . will, shail be permaneotly mvsted and iv Livi #0 to the congregation are selling rapidly. Woolen Blankets, Hape, Quiits, and many other goods, SPECIAL BARGAINS !---.0----SPECIAL BARGAINS Come and see the special bargains we Cashmeres; prices lower than ever, stock of Ready- Made Ciotning. Ove Gossamers, Gam Coats, is complete and wi'l guank for th Comeand see the new goods at . ETarper && EKreamer's. are offering in i CORMICK BBOS, BROS Me IC JS Nj CORMICED A Ci¥iRiI Hk | PR «DEALERS IN ALL KINDS-w .- FURNITURE -:- Bed Room Suits, Parlor Suits, Side Boar ds, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, Wood and Cane-Seat Chairs
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