A FATHER'S DEVOTION. BELIEVERS IN WITCHCRATT. Strictly Personal. i " - po ga Grain Market. The Skin Removed from His Arms and | A Strange Superstition that Prevails in the CORBEOTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & BOX, Grafted Upon His Daughter's Bick. Hamlot of Bobtown ~Miss Kate Lee, of Millheim was guest | Whito aba. at James Coldren’s of this piace, Bed wheat. witcheraft, developed Kye Corn Lorn, LBLN.....0con Barley BLIC BALE «THERE WILL BE EXPOS- i ed to public sale, by the undersigned, st | his residence, | ile south of Spring Mills, on PRILDAY, MARCE, ©, 1991, the following valuable { personal property, to wit: 6 head of horses, 2 Blac k mares, 1 with foal, both are in excellent condition, 1 black mare, rising 9 years oid, the y | mare is an excellent driver, 2 mares 4 yesrs old, | are good workers and drivers, 1 gray horse, is 8 very good worker, 1 good year old colt, of good stock, well built and well proportioned 5 head of | miich cows, some of which will be fresh by Lime | of sale, 10 head of young cattle, 17 head choice | shoats, 3 brood sows with pig, 10 bead of sheep, 1 thoroughbred = Wowh ram, 1 Lyear { old bull. op bugey, y 1 horse wagon , 1 set of new ladders, 1 corn plant plows, Royce reaps er, Burdick mower, 1 harrow, set new single har ness, lot of horse gears, and many other arte Also 8 good No. 9 cook stove Bale begine at o'clock, will be announced. THE CENTRE REPORTER FRED.EURTZ, Eoprror and Proe’n A remarkable case of skio grafting has | weliel in excited considerable interest among the | about three residents of Bellefonte, Last Summer a young son of Mr, Muss | sar, of Bellefonte, built a fire a short dis. tance from his home for the purpose of | His mother see- | “TERMS; One year, $1.50, when paid in ad nee. Those in arrears subject to previous rms. §2 per year, ~Miss Nessley, of Hummelstown, Pa,, is the guest of Miss Anna Mingle. vears ago in the isolated | Logan towaoghip, until | hamlet of Bobtown, in Mifflin thera is hardly er line for 8 inser wequent insertion —————————— Advertisements 20 cents nsand 5 cants for each 80 son Edward Haven last week Mr, Bamuel Durst and visited friends at Lock now the n ita influence. The county, has spread a dozen families in fie entire region free fro ~Miss Rolley, of Bellefonte, was guest at James OU, McClenabhan of this place | ihis week, —Mr. W. N. Weaver, of Zion, was town last week and was among the PORTER'S Visitors, —Mr. A. H. townships useful citizens was ——————————————— hes Cexree Hun, Pa, Trors, Fes, 19. = BOIAE coins seessssiessssssnns KBB. conneicirnsss Lard “HO i Ham ... fallow - Folstoes,,.. | roasting some potatoes village of Bobtown is the headquarters | ing the fire, sent her daughter, Mary 10 | of this susperstitious sec!, They fre- Les egiate at the home of some talk over matiers pertaining to their strange belief, They of admitting strang- | and livaige aught of | “THE RACKET” Q years of age, to bring her brother home, | quently cong 14 in Hie higre hen {erm ’ Earp, wien ers congenial spirit and The boy resisted, and in her attempt to | ne] Bellefonte's Bargain Store. It is Original and a copy of no store in town. eC Our town and country trade is fast increasing. We sell at one price only and that the lowest, ee Kom and C us at der’s Exchan ge. EF 4 CRAWFORD force him away, the girl's dress caught . . . i AL this season of Lhe your waiaria it fire in the back, and before help arrived { the air, and bad colds not an unfreguent v i we Jong for a quick and effective remedy % scarcely a home without a sufferer from . one of the many ills Sesh is heir Wednesday. ant is after the intermedintor is q i : effective, It brings relief and saves doctor © - Rev, O, Kerr, of Bordentown, N, J,, | We can recommena Mr, Max Kiein for any his in the liquor ine. His Bilver Age Hj 18 | per quart is the best whiskey in the 1 will sell any Pennsy.vania Kye Whiske; old at $100 lor each quart, or six for § for his price list and catalogue and men paper. Address MAX KLEIN BZ Federal st, Allegheny, Pa. 3 } when Are extremely cary on of Gregg town Weaver, one : under no : ’ 3 writs of Fier! ask Jseued out o ¢ County ¢ sale, at the Court House, she was seriously burned, An examina- | ers into their honsehold, in tion was made of her injaries, and it was | circumstances will they . . ec . il VO 1 SLA discovered that the skin and flesh on her | their peculiar belief and practices, I'hiere are two witches in this part o MARCH 7. A rt it rignt, ti interest i 1 plete or tract of Jand sito of Peun, county Centre GIFS 3 k a Seporibed as (On the porth Uy ia Jonell More. Forster and others, on £ of George W Mitr estate, SATURDAY, D. 188, the following prog All the deferdar and oall that ¢« #4 in the Low nst of Ps back, hips, and portions of her limbs was | roasted to a orisp afterward festered and | the globe, one a resid. of Milroy and | #pent several days with friends, at i # ’ 4 of B one tie and a | old bome, near Centre Hill. to | -Miss Margaret Gast, one of Mifflin. the victims after | burg's charmiog young ladies, is visiting ooked | friends in Centre Hall Mr, 8, J. Stiffler, of near Centre Hill, > 3 . ait | : 1 16 witches | dropped in this morping., He reports to cure | Binkiog creek very high and bank fall, Logan hb power other remeds | other brown, as | “doct | remove the “spell” from dropped off. After trying jes without suc ess, De, Dartt resorted to # O35 wr,” or who has the sounded gkin grafting, and sboat three months ago he performed first operation, | The gralts were taken from the arm the father of the child, who stout Nipping off particles of east ny Eb ithe and whee as *'l ver's the the unholy eye of the witch | the UBLIC BALE. ~O} property. The undersigned sale, on bis premises, one mile TUESDAY, MARCH # live stock, farming lw 1 articles: 4 work horses, t match team, 7 and 5 years and welgl 1200 poun pod mare A VALUABLEPERSONAIL upon them, Many are i | ed and the power of of | stories relat- machinat the magic speil, About yild inYy | we i child's | that of The suspected witch was believed to be a | of Lo November the No. 9 Cri- is a of bers on healthy man. ‘doctor ” flesh the size of a pea, ho would force | them down into the raw flesh of child's back. Of the first tea. patches he transplanted. nearly every bE HOU the three months | ~Mrs. W. W, Byard, of Washington, ark Say week with her parents, 7 Mr. and Mra, M, Strohm, of Centre Hill. Mr. Meiss, two of Tusseyviiie's representa- |’ in Enown i iri tive men, were among the callers at this | horse» z wagon, t the | ago a iittle ct sick for several | D over SPIGELMYER, SPIGELMYER, Jr. G. R. SHEM C.,epent a 3 gOooa and the home CELA RB of thi parents believed one pros it was a victim a witch's bane, Prof E. K. Crawford and Geo. duced a new and heilthy skin, Daring the past two months fi One dreary ££, 1 JURE At mr operations have | resident aight ; i . 2 \ ’ been performed, and they have been a‘. | Ww nn daocior of this piace YERIIIOE ¢ LOCAL ITEMS. Special Notice. —The pay tr an on Monday last. (Good substantial clothing for very little monsy at &. Lioeb’s. —Thanks to representative Hoit for a copy of the “Birds of Pennsylvania.’ he eve specialis 234 —Dr. J. R. Gast, t will be at Centre Hall on Feb, Sith RAR. Jerry Miller was laid up last week with rhenmatism, bat is able to sling the razor again, — Rata w8t was Valentine day rday i e usas! number of “stinkers’ and th were afloat, —(i00rge Sweenev has been granted an increase of pension, George deserves it for he was a faithfal soldier. — Miss Annie wing from a severe Harpste 1101 npr q flamatory rhenmatism, wee J A101 08 Ling *y OF for several week PT is piace who 188 been ill 8, 18 mends ap, and able to be ab nnder favor- * Weather. ~ Lewisburg has been tr : arual late with noo marauders, glores nave o2ed idences r — Bright Al rai 188%. ana rain night and on Tae —troorge Miess hia pened a new store at Collier's, near Tusseyville. For the present he will only carry a fall live of groceries and confectionary. —Lewins makes suits to order, par- ties can select their own samples. Satisfaction guaranteed in ali respects, and at prices 25 per cent lower r from 4 gOoOas y - than elsewhere: Sheriff Ishier, upon recommenda tion of the last grand jury has appointed Taeaday and Friday as the two days of the week for admitting visitors to the jail, between the hours of 10a. m. and 3.50 p.m. Hag me to death darling” is the It is said to be in- If squeeze, title of a new song. tended for a daet it is succesafal it will be a tight It is certainly a ticklish production and might resalt in holding a fellow for life and no audience, It is shown by the year book of the M. E. Charch tliat last year the total membership of the United States was 2 983.154, an increase of 56,601 over 1889, The number of Sunday School members is stated to be 2,264 052, a gain over the previous year of 12,124. ~ «=A bill providing that the term for Chief Burgess shall be for three years, instead of one, has beea instroduced in the Legislature. Bach a provision would be all right under ordinary circumstan- ces, but there are times when it would have its disadvantages, == Abraham Speck and his wife, of Mil! Creek, near Huntingdon, have been married within a few months of fifty years, and it is reported, the husband has taken steps for a separation; because his wife and he disagree upon the advisability of sanctioning their daugh- ter's choice of a hnsband, ee, W. Bmith bas been appointed chairman of the north precinct of Pot. ter, by L. A. Schaeffer, the Demo- eratic county chairman, John T, Lee has also been appointed chairman of the bo ro. The Democratic party will be well taken care of in this section with these two at the helm, ~1n an old log cabin abou. hall a mile from Warnersville, Pa, live four brothers, old men, who have been “wo- man haters” all their lives. They live together and never allow a woman to enter their home, They are aged res spectively 78, 71, 65 and 61 and do all the work of their house and farm, They wre regular attesdants wt church and always sit together, They hold ‘themselves aloof from the rest of man’ Ale | have | arms, | tended with most flattering results jeces of Mr. Mas he has worked regularly all flesh though some fift been removed from | Yi sera SET the time at his business I'ne patient, during recent weeks, ied herself with foing ney vary lately 14 Deen sssmem———— Surprise and Donation Party | Meth a Centre Hal lists and friends i i Ara LEM loads, wav thea Way Lif ial ast Friday evening at Spring They came with smiles and words wil # upply 5 cheer lag r of the necessa ries of Life, for ith man and beast, | sugar, coffee, polatoes, a patent masher, mea!, COrn, ied gp on the § were | Wm. Bartholamew | ribatic all 1 he rs } shan tle to the good « i, t a lit The hours were very grated of kindness ane life of a homeless iin guch sunny remis May vou of t enjoy relationship. cheer life's pathway and enjoy the fa Ness wrapped up in the blessed to give than present were: Mr. and Mr. John and Annie Jotun Moore, Thomas and E Mr. and Mrs Samuel Bruss, Mr, and Mrs, James Johr and child, Mea, Welsh, Mr, and Mra. James Leitzell, Mr. Mrs Wm. Bartho Magyuie Helen, Anna, Charles and Eddi tholomew, Peter Le ' J. A. Heesman and Clay, Mrs Wm. Camp Mrs. Alice Brisbin, Beal Brisbin, Anna Odenkirk, Mrs, M, Wil low, Mrs, Amanda Mra, Lo~ baugh and John, Maggies Bradley, Mrs C. E. Royer, Wesley Lohr, Dr. G, W. Swartz, cheerfal eve nings are to the itinerants home as ter to the dry and thirsty land. O Carnie, snd Moore #16 HW snd Omew, Hanneb, itzell, Mr. and ah and Roxana Spangler, Sach visits and Wa . Windows In. sy now only bz a short time until the members of the Presbyterian church will worship in their building i this place. The congregation for many years have been without a building of their own and have used the buildings of other denominations for the purpose, The present building was started in 1888 end work has been done upon it only as funds were in the hands of the building committee, in consequence no work whatever has been done upon the baild. ing for months at a time, rather than put a debt upon the congregation. Last week the memorial windows were placed in the building, all of stained glass, and very beautiful, They are 11 in number and were procared through the efforts of the Aid Society of that charch. The las dies labored hard in securing these win- dows and their efforts were crowned with well-earned success, sn ————— a —— Concerts, The Centre Hall Glee Club will give two concerts, under the auspices of the Centre Hall band, on Friday and Satur day evenings, March 6 and 7, in the band hall over Harper and Kreamer's store. The concerts will be under the supervision of Prof. E. K. Orawford, and Miss Anna Keller as pianist. Anthems, quartet's, solos, cornet solos, ete., will be rendered by the members, snd a rare treat is anticipated, for good talent is connected with it, > Big Jobs, The largest public sale posters, single sheot—not two pasted sheets—ever turned out in this county, have been printed in the Rerorren office, this sea sop, and are attracting mora than ordis nary attention on account of size and ar. tistic display, —~—A big slaughter in Men's, Boy's own n kind as much as possible, Children's overcoats at 8, Loohiks % was pont for, ar I alter the spell which the witch and her col a long p leage, the lark aeas, } broadcast and made a believers, of recent oo. wd no end of comment Ia this instances NE arrieq i the cunning wwer failed to FUAr i i ming bewi The beads Ffarmnial i} sArimiea i ie the magica us i ous ES is that Hood whose reason tLivae man’ Batty ive ed ie=minag res of | absent was be rim. The of rid aunt, bot she ave i frusirate all } consulted a him shoot Advise to let while she was He portunity, animal, had not op i@ troul into deer, or | was shot thas terminating the At any as ti ysformed her- The | may be, i with the silver bullet and eaten | sell deer soon lerward, the case career of one bad wile rate the suspected witch | ¢ returned in the human dt CO the | nephew's wife has gone hopelessiy ins aunt Has form ar sequence is that sane Re Opposed to Sunday Desecration saccasfal A large and meeting | was held in the court house Sunday after: | very noon at Bellefonte to oppose the bill in- i of representa | Mr. Fow of] Philadelphia, anthorizing the repeal of | the act of 1794, known ns the Sanday | law, also to enter a protest against the keeping open of the World's Fair on Sundays. Ex Governor Beaver preside ed and a very fine choir was present and rendered some excellent singing, trondoced icto the house tives at Harrisburg by Very | earnest speeches were made by ex Gove Rev J. MeCartney, of of Pittsburgh, Geseral DD, H., Hastings and D. F, Fortney, A ressintion was | read by Rev William Laurie to the effect | that it was the sense of the meeting that | they protest against repealing the law of 1794 and also against keeping open the World's Fair on Sandays and that copies of said resolution be sent to the senate | and house of represantatives and ales to the World’ Fair commission. The Paper was unanimously adopted. May be Bloodshed. Word has been received from the Clearfield coal region that the miners throughout the Houtzdale locality are preparing themselves for a general strike at the expiration of the probation granted some time ago, which will be on March 5, It is stated that they are even arming themssives, with a view to coms pelling the opsrators to accede to their demands , Those who are in a position to know predict that unless an amicable settle. ment is wade by all the operators in that region there is likely to he one of the worst strikes that has ever been kuown in the Olearfield«Centre district, It now looks as if there might even be MM AIM AASB «ee Froshground buckwheat flour, No+ arnor Beaver, Mr. William Boho, of Linden Hall, Mr. gentle lropp wd in to see us last week. Bohn is a very pleasant young y his call, Wagner, from the a He expects g and will have a big sale, as Jacob ACTORS valley gave us call. to gait farmis can be seen advertised in Kerorren, Charley Mever, of Ballefonte, afid 173s WV i { McCormick, of Monday Tyrone, were in to%n on evening last. They + hinder M3 t were frond that Sim the -— We hear Dinges will on soon shake dust of Pennsylvania from his fest and locate in Connecticut where he has secured a in sn insurance ofl e, - Don't -—- D Don’t forget to act the part of a n't be a tattler and tale~bearer, ingy or gentleman wherever you 8) arid De, n't think that when you die the w will not move on-—you will not be missed n't aiwaye be on the study how to * take t ! He advantage of your neighbor in Don't forget that your neighbor whom oul m i Lave, a talk al sy have far faults a a's fault soy one for his opinions, he may be as honest a# you and often f pounder Judgment aa Liorgel thsi a ©d CORBIS YOu notin o " rget that some YOu 8 od relus Dot bie gion Vine fe prosj IOWINAD & prospers the better y i be fo some, and often AY irect mn Don’t § some one gels a position in a society or i ol y or indirectly, out and show should have had it—if do, he proper person for such a you then you are hardiy t place, a -I1t will not be regretied if buy your clothing from Lewins, at Philad. Branch. tire stock. the | He guarantees his en Shirts, underwear, bats, caps runks and valises at cost. —8. Loeb. ei all at Loeb’s « iothiog store; exy - Every Home Should Have It, It ia nod always convenient to call a physician Having Red Flag Ol! in hand Bruises for every the house you have a Physician always at it kills Rbhoumatistn, Neuralgia, Burns, aid all Aches and Pains. Price 2 cents. There are fow things in life of which we may be certain, but this is one of them, Pan-Tioa Oough and Consumption Care has no equal for Price 25 and 0 Marray's Drug little ailment genta, Trial bottles free at J. D. Store - - Coburn The election passed of very quietly, there wersg | only 120 voles polled, the people here were more The water is very the cellars are about half fall of water, There On last Friday evening W. ©, Rarick's horse got away from him and mau down to Pine creek borse or sled. . Rickard has not disposed of his stallion yet but is on a fair way of doing 80,88 there are several parties who have promised to take a share, EN i. qi, um Worth Its Weight in Gold. if you feel depressed, your appetite is poor and you are troubled with Dizziness of the head, Bil iousaos, or Dyspepsia, Dr. Lee's Liver Regulator will cure you. Trial size bottles free. A well known physician in New York advises all his patients that suffer with Coughs and Colds to use Pan Tina Coogh and Consumption Cure, 25 and 50 cents. Trial bottles free nt J. D. Mure rays Drug Store. pa a lf ——— Well Known. There is probably no business house Penn's so weil snown 1, at the Centre Hall mills, ¥ TORS ben ree Wages its, 2 broad wheeled wagons ke, good ss new, bokes s reaper and wer, { few, 3 south beg hing 3 drag harroy ® dri with fertd'i Albright planter i 2 COD SCTE 3 IE Barre zer silachine 2horse cultivat sod : ETASD ig ie ivatlors AITONE A new, set of cruppers ais, sel of buggy barnes %, rakes, shoves, ks MAT, 3 Jao i nF ey creamer, dit 2, COPper Kellie tables, corper chairs, four chest, sud tu not mentioned in the above Sale begins at 9 o'clock, sharp, when term be announced. if set of heavy wi si goods COOK love 10 pi € 1 pha DANIEL BOHN. WILLIAM GOHEEN, Auctioneer, FERGUS POTTER, Clerk ICSALE ~THE UNDERSIGNED WILI er ai public sale, at his residence, one wih of Tussey ville, on TUESDAY, MARCH the following Wye stock. far imple ments, el 4 brood mares’, of good = good workers and good drivers, and in oxcellent con dition. 1 good horse, | oil 2 years old, and proportioned, é milch cows, 2 of them are 1 will be fresh by time of sale, 3 of them are soye, 1 is a Holslein, and two are Short Horns, head of young caitle, 1 Jersey and | Holstin bull both bulls are 1); years old, and finest sirain, Holstein heifers. 5 Holstein calves, 14 fine shoats 2 Jersey heifers, i2 head good ewes. new tiger hay Jor. planter and colitvalor combined, with fertilizer Centre Hall make, good broad wheeled plants tion wagon, new bob sled, new Centre Hall roller, good Dexter Queen top bogey, light 2 horse wagon, 2south bend plows, spring harrow, cutting box, wheel barrow, new new hay rakes 5 sot of long Iadders, sleigh, corn sheller, Gin cradle, mowing scythe, double We pay Salary nees to LIVE T8 mw WRT Le rk vlendy ve partis RT PO Did You See Those New Goods At Garmans? Dress Goods In Serges, Plaids, Stripes And Plain. Aiso Curtain 2 sooop shovels, new shovels, axes, posi axe, augers, bridles, set new enumerated, Also coal stove, dining table, corner cupboard, 6 bed steads, 4 washstand, 4 sinks, lot of chairs, carpets, dishes, oil cloths, chests, buresu, tinware, crocks, neest vessols, barrels, 3 churros, ibs, iron kettles, lot of stove pipe, 2 dozen knives and forks, spoons Slacks, looking glasses, and pumerous other arth cles, Hale begin at § o'clock sharp, when terms will be announced. No hucksters or ball playing ale lowed, . Ww. H, RUNKLE, Jr. D, HH. RUHL, Anctioneer, G. W, SPANGLER, Clerk. bl on his premises, 1% of Tamerville on WEDNEROAY , 1, the lowing property, 0 wit MARCH p good Thing old, Goods In Silk, Swiss And Regular Lace Curtains. Piles Of Other New Goods. w Write. for Samples.
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