VO L. LXI1V.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
Amid ull this fuss Dan Hastings ie ly-
ing low and in theswim at Atlantic city,
trying to watch the current.
Cameron is for Blaine, Quay is for
Blaine, which means the entire Penn
sylvania machine is for Blaine, —now we
would like to know who is for Harrison ?
We have accounts from all parts of the
conntry of great suffering on account of
the heat, damage by heavy rains and
lightning, and deaths from sunstroke.
The strongest point in favor of Presi~
dent Harrison is the fact that he never
makes a mistake, says 8a Republican ex
change,
Well, that is not quite ro blaine to the
party leaders,
Judge Orvis’ resolutions for a change
in the representation of counties in the
congressional, senatorial and jadicial
conferences, adopted by our convention
on Taesday, are sound and jast, and
withal Democratic. Each county should
be represented on the basis of it« Demos
cratic vote,
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Governor Pattison has demanded of
Secretary of the Treasurer Foster that
experts be employed to examine the
books of the broken Keystone bank in
order that the state may be able to re-
cover the money due it through Bards
ley's defalcatione, if that money can be
secured. The governor is right, Secre
tary Foster has granted the request,
I'he Bill introduced into Kansas City
‘ommon Counpeil, which provides that
living within the city
limist must purchase a license from the
city, to vary in cost from $20 to $50, ac-
cording to the expensiveness of the
lignor which the purchaser drin's, is
probably the most unique thing in the
way of proposed legislation which bas
yet emanated from the wild and wooly
West,
every drinker
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I'he Watchman speaks in favor of a con-
ional convention, Most papers are
a little inclined the other way, mainly
for the reason, that under the present
condition of politics it is feared by the
honest press of all parties the bosses
might get control of the convention and
make that which needs amendment in
the present constitation far worse. This
is oue of the reasons why the Reporter
doubts the wisdom of the move at press
ent,
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The Protectionist organs would have
us thank Mr, McKinley for the big crops.
Bat Heaven seat the crope: all that Mee
Kinley did was to increase the tax on
the farmer’s plow, hoe, harrow, seeder,
reaper, aud every other implement, con~
veulence or necessily with which he was
obliged to supply himself when he was
putting the crop io the ground or hare
vesting it afterward. Oh, yes! the farm«
er will thank McKinley; but he will pro-
bably put it oft till November,
The total wealth of the United States
is now said to be more than seventy one
thonsand millions of dollars or an in.
crease of about forty two per cent. in ten
years. This exceeds Eagland’s wealth
by about twenty-one millions of dollars,
and amounats to about twice the wealth
of France. Nor are we so highly taxed
us the Eaoglish, who are compelled to
pay an average per capita tax of twenty
dollars, while we pay bat twelve dollars
and a hall. If these figures are cor rect,
our wealth, if equally divided among our
entire population, wounld give abont one
thousand dollars to every man, woman,
aad child in the country. Who wants
to divy ?
The platform adopted by the People’s
State convention of Ohio has very few
good features, and a number that are
radical, nonsensical or revolutionary, A
demand is made for the issue of treasury
notes to be loaned to the people “on real
estate or other ample security” at 2 per
cent. This would make the government
a banking shop, Another demand is
that the government shall conduct the
importation, manafactare and sale of
liquor at cost. This would make govern«
ment the greatest saloonkeepar in the
world, Then it is demanded the govern-
ment shall own all means of transportas
tion and communication between the
people. Bapposing all this done, with
the hundreds of thousands of officials
and employes necessary, and administra
tion in the enjoyment of the power
could never be tarned out. The re-
public would be changed to a despotism
and the People’s party would be the first
to rebel. These propositions sie as far
away from the American idea of govern.
ment as it is possible to get.
Democratic Convention,
The Democratic county convention
met in the court house, at Bellefonte, on
Tuesday, at 12 o'clock noon. About
eighty delegetes out of the 105 to which
the various precincts of the county are
entitled, were present. The convention
was called to order by Chairman of the
Co. Com. L. A.Schaeffer, and the roll
call of delegates made.
The convention organized by electing
the following officere: President, John
Blanchard, Esq, of Bellefonte, unani-
mously, and on taking the chair deliver-
ed a brief but appropriate address. Bec.
retary, J, C, Noll. Tellers, A, D, Everts,
of Worth township, and James Swab, of
Harris twp.
The delegates present were as follows:
LIST OF DELEGATES,
N. W.John HOrvis, John Blanche
ard, 8, P. Gephart; 8, W.—Wm. B, Heinle. Frank
Waltz, D. F Fortney, A 8 Garman; W, W.~John L
Dunlap, 3 A Kirk
Centre Hall-Simon Harper, W R Camp,
Howard ~H A Moore,
Miesburg-C H Essington.
Miltheim -Wm A Tobias, D L Zerby. WK Alex-
ander.
Philipsburg 1st W~N A Kemp; 20d W—Chas, E
McGirk, FK White, John E Homer: 3rd W.—
Frank W Hess, Wm Howes,
ionville-R E Cambridge.
Benner—Heury N Hoy, H H Renner,
Boggs W P-Simon Nighhart, Louls Alkey, TF
Adams; E PH I. Barnhart.
College BE P—W M Mokle; W P~Wm Foster,
Ferguson E P-Wm A Tanyer, Wm Smith, Jerry
Mowery
Grego, 8 Pd
deilofesnte
Bellefond
' W Fisher, Wm Pealer, John
Grove, Geo. B Crawlord, N P-John B Hoy, Chas
A Rachau
Haines W P~Adam Bartges, Geo W Keister,
Half Moon—A C Thompson.
Harris~James W Swabb, T F Riley, Geo Ishler,
Howard tup ~£i00 B Lucas, John Leathers
Huston~W U Irvin,
Libert Jas 1 Delong, W W Spangler.
Mario J J Hoy, John Hoy Jr,
Pation—-FE H Mamball Ephran Glenn.
Pean—Ellas E Smith Wm F Smith, John Bower:
sox, John H Stover,"
Potter N PW M Grove, Joshum T Potter 8 P
~W G Runkle J B Fortney 1G L Goodhart
Rush 8 P-Wm Hutton, Jacob M Clarr
Snow Shoe W P~J H Holt
Spring S P~Jas C Noll, Samuel 8 Hazel
JW Hepbum
7 ~J T Merrymen
iC H Rusa, J H Stover Jas Ammerm an
Henry Bartholomy, Jacob Dunkle, A
G Kreamer, Samuel Martin
Worth-O D Everts
N P~
Walker
The committee appointed to draft ress
olations were, W. OC. Heinle, J. H, Orvis,
John Grove, Dr, White and Jacob Dunk.
le,
The next thing in order was the nomi-
nation of one candidate for Jury Com
missioner. The following nominations
were made: Perry Condo, G. H. Lyman,
George Bower. The roll was called and
the first ballot resulted as follows:
Condo
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Lyman.... aR iv
Tota! number of votes cast, 79: neces
sary for choice, 40, As the required
nomber of votes lor a choice were not
cast on first ballot, a second was neces-
sary. Mr Lyman's name was withe
drawn and the second ballot resulted as
follows.
BOWE voices se irnmsivicas
Condo
The resalt of the ballot being the nom-
ination of Mr, George Bower, of Haines,"
the present Jury Commissioner,
Nominations of delegates to the Con
stitutional Convention: DD. F, Fortoey
nominated E, L. Orvis, and Michael
Grove nominated Col, James F, Weaver,
The roll call of vote resulted as follows :
OPVIB. comms sissies bs
Weaver 18
The nominatioa of Mr, Orvis was then
made unanimous,
For delegates to the State Convention
in 1892, nominations and vote were as
follows:
EB RBI ssinees sessions sonia
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Wik PORISE...coe einen.
W A TObIAS vescans.
Pat McDonnell... i
UE. WI cpg cree cosisssnmcsrocinsins
R McKnight...
A Lukenback
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Nominations were made unanimous,
viz, Noll, Kurtz, Pealer, McDonnell, and
Riley, The other candidates receiving
less than forty votes,
Hons. John A, Woodward, W. K,
Alexander and J, H, Holt were elected
conferrees to Coastitational Convention
conference,
George Megafly was elected delegate
by acclamatian to the Democratic State
Convention, 1891,
L. A. Bchaeffer on motion of Jadge
Orvis, was elected chairman of the coun.
ty committee for 1892,
Mr. Heinle, of the resolution comm ite
tee read the resolutions, denouncing the
corruption of the Republican party, and
especially the wholesale robbery as prac.
ticed in Philadelphia. Also endorsing
the honest and economical administras
tion of Gov. Pattison,
Judge Orvis offered a resolution which
proposes a change in the representation
of congressional, sevatorial and judicial
conferences of this district, demanding
A representation based upon the votes of
the respective counties—one conferee for
each 500 Democratic votes cast at the
preceding presidential election,
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted after en explanation by Mr, Or-
vis, of the evils arising from the present
system, which has caused dead locks and
party dissatisfaction.
All business of the convention having
been transacted a motion of adjournment
was made and passed.
Attempt to Rob the Grave of John 5.
Packer
An attempt was made Monday to rob
the grave of John B, Packer,
at Sunbury, with the intention
probably of demanding a ransom
for the return of the body, if the
venture proved successful, Fearing such
an attempt, the family of the ex-Cons
gressman placed a guard over the grave,
but for some reason the watch was res
moved on the first of the month,
George Myers was walking on the rails
road track yesterday, just opposite the
cemetery, when he thought he heard a
noise that sounded as if picks and shoy-
els were being brought in conta ct with
the earth, He entered the cemetery,
and as he did so, the noise ceased, and
two men were seen to rnn from the bary-
ing ground and disappear in the dark.
ness. Myers gave the alarm and a nam-
ber of railroaders, who were working in
Shot Before Her Lover,
The quiet little town of McVeytown,
situated along the main line of the Penn-
sylvania railroad, twelve miles west of
Lewistown, was thrown into a fever of
excitement Sunday over the tragic end-
ing of Mary Williams, a beautiful young
lady. A party of young men were stop.
ping at the house of Mrs, Wilson, a short
distance out of the town, and one of
their number was the possessor of a res
volver. The young man remarked that
the weapon was badly in need of clean-
ing and handled it in a careless way, af«
ter which he laid it on a table.
Mrs. Wilson came into the room pre-
paratory to getting the noon meal, and
spying the revolver on the table, remark-
ed in a jocular way that she had a mind
to shoot somebody, She first pointed
the weapon at one of the men, then at
herself, and lastly at the young girl, who
was seated on the door-sil. To the hors
ror of those present the weapon was
discharged, the ball striking the girl in
the eye and lodged in her brain, causing
almost instant death,
The young lady's lover was present at
the vicinity, were soon upon the spot,
Going to the Packer burial plot, they |
discovered that ghouls had been at work
but had not taken more than three feet!
of earth from the grave.
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Old Lawyers Going Out,
The Bellefonte News alludes to the
fact that all the old time lawyers there
are going out of practice and being suc
ceeded by younger practitioners, The
reason is that the older fellows have all
got so rich that they don’t have to work
for a living any more, But this does not
show much love for the profession
of the law. The News says that exs«
Governor Beaver is now only a figure
head in his firm, Hastings bardly ever)
goes into his office; Spangler’s principal!
business seems to be in the coal regions
of Cambria county; and Judge Orvis rolls
in the big fees in big cases away from
home.
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Arrested for Embezzlement.
William B. Hamilton, late teller of
the Houtzdale bank, was arrested on
oath of the recent owners of the bank
charged with the embezzlement of $15
000. Tbe trouble originated with the
sale of the bank to William H. Dill last
May.
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$198,000 Paid into the Treasury
The Pennsylvania railroad company,
paid into the State treasury $198,000 as
its corporation tax, The total annual
taxes paid by this company to the State
amount to about $1,300,000,
The Democratic county conveution on
Tuesday did its work well and in the
best of harmony. In proposing Ellis
Orvis for delegate to the constitutional |
convention the district would do well to
endorse Centre county's choice. The
delegation to the state convention is one
of the best that could have peen chosen,
every ome being a true Democrat, and
in favor of honest men and honest gov-
ernment.
Festival,
The Ladies Aid Society of the Evan.
gelical church, will hold a festival in
Wolf's park, Centre Hall, on Saturday
evening, August 25. All are invited to
attend. Proceeds for benefit of the
church.
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{J=—Mike Condo, the butcher, was un-
under the weather a few days this week,
but is able to be about again.
~~ New clothing, new hats, new fur
nishing goods, everything new for the
coming season is now opened and ready
for your inspection at the Philad,
Branch, Bellefonte,
~—=No shelf worn stock is thrust upon
customers at A. C, Mingle's shoe store,
Bellefonte. His large trade enables him
to constantly keep new goods, and als
ways of the latest styles and at very
moderate prices, as all customers admit.
~ A full line of spring clothing has
been received at the Philad. Branch,
Bellefonte, and can be purchased at very
low prices, One of the best cutters is in
the employ of Lewins and a perfect fit
guaranteed.
~The goods of the Lutheran Bazaar
will hereafter be on exhibition in one of
the rooms of the church. The goods are
for sale all the time. The goods can be
seen on Thursday and Baturday of each
week, Mes, W. E. Fisonzn,
Treasurer,
~W.T. Bell, while returning from
Lewistown to his home in Dry valley
bad en adventure the other evening
w hich be will remember for some time.
He was driving along the pike between
Lewistown and Reedsville when two,
rough characters ordered him to halt.
Instead of doing so he whipped up his
horse and escaped, although several
shots were fired after him.
the time of the shooting and his grief
over the loss of his sweetheart was pitis
Mrs. Wilson is al-
most distracted over the awful affair and
is now under the care of a physician.
The Company Store Law to be Tested,
The miners in the Panx sutawney dis~
trict are preparing to move against the
company stores, A meeting was held to
consider the Saturday halfsholiday and
the recently passed Farrell store bill. I3
was unanimously decided to observe the
halfsboliday even after the time stipulat-
ed by law, which is during the summer
months. A resolation was also adopted
instructing Miners’ agent John ID. Davis,
to notify the Berwind White Coal Min~
ing Company that on and after August
15th, there must be no dedoctions from
pay for store goods. It the company
does not heed the notice, a test of the
Farrel] law will be made,
Photographer's Car,
The Pennsylvania management is
about to sdd to its rolling stock a phoe
tographer’'s car with all necessary appli-
ances. The work to be done by this car
will be a photographic survey of the
country along the line of road, and while
picturesque scenes will principally be
taken the work will also be of such a
character as to be serviceable to the
engineering and road department.
The Jail is Fail
The tramps have recently learned a
thing or two concerning Altoona. They
have no fears now in riding into town
on the through freights as the jail at
Holidaysburg is filled to overflowing,
and when they are arrested there is no
place to lodge them, and they are pers
mitted to go free,
Grange Meeting,
The Centre County Pomona Grange
will meet in the hall of Bald Eagle
Grange, on Tuesday, August 18, Busi-
bess appertaining to the picnic will be
transacted, also of the Insurance Co. A
fail attendance of all members is desired
at the meeting and ie important that
they should be there on the date above
designated.
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Serious Degbite
Mr. Wm, Soyder, keeper of the toll~
gale near the station, was bitten in the
end of the thumb, by a pap which be
was chastisiog for chasing a chicken, a
fsw dayssgo, The bite bas caused a
very sore hand, and a swelling and pain
of the arm up to the shoulder, A fow
days may tell whether serious conses
quences will result,
Prohibition State Convention.
The Prohibitionists will hold a state
convention at Harrisburg on the 26th of
August next, to nominate candi lates for
State Treasurer, Auditor General and
eighteen delegates-at-large to the pro-
posed constitutional convention.
Get Registered.
Democrats, do not fail to get registered
in time to vote, Remember you must
(be registered prior to September 1st, and
you haye not much time to lose. The
lists are now hangiog at the voting
places. Better attend to the matter at
once,
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Mill Burned.
The mill of Brinton, Duncan & Barnes,
at Philipsburg, was damaged by fire on
Tuesday moroing last, to the extent of
$10,000, No certainty as to how the fire
originated, .
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Donth By Drowning.
Wm. L. Mowery, of near Adamsburg,
Bayder county, was drowned on the 20th
of July, while bathing in Beavers mill
dem. Me was a stadent in the Sayder
county Normal school, at Middleburg,
and was 19 years of a ge
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Veterans’ Day.
The Soldiers’ Reanion will be held in
Grange Park this year, on Friday of the
coming. Let it come, ifit intends com.
ors, a parade and Camp fire in the even
ing that comet,
ing.
1891,
BY THE WAY.
The running of steam engines and
threshers through the principal streets
of a town is a nuisance for which there
is seldom an excuse, save the desire on
the part of the manipulator tomake a die
play. Few horses will not frighten at
these contrivances and the damage that
is often done in this way is very consid-
able. It seems to me that the people
who run the traction engines are im-
mensely pleased with their lot, and iue
pomposity that is displayed cannot fail
to excite laughter, if not contempt.
There is no cause for running tractia=
engines on Main street. Hoffer street
will do just as well and the people wiii
endeavor, in a true religious manner, to
deny themselves of the pleasure of sea«
ing them, Children probably will suffer
a little, but the older ones will try to
stand the sacrifice, Traction engines
and the labor-saving threshers which
they drag and propel are modern im-
provements, a fact which no one will
deny, but I believe I speak the senti-
ment of the town when I say the display
has been large enough, Besides, “there's
law for such things.”
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Epanking as a means of punishment
for children has more merit than it has
ever received. Excessive anger draws
the bloodto the brain and spanking by
producing local irritation and congestion
acts as a neutralizer drawing the blood
down from the brain, reducing the tem-
perature, cooling the anger and quieting
nervous exciternent. This diagnosis of
spanking is based on scientific principles
and ought to be of sufficient weight to
give the old-fashioned remedy a renewal
of popular favor. Civilization will not
be complete until we shall reduce cor-
poral punishment to a profession and
create the office of Public Spanker,
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No one will dispute that Montana
journalism is brimaful of backbone and
originality, The Striking Water Pros-
pecior, at home on the banks of “Striking
Water,” a well known tributary of the
upper Missouri, is the name of a new
journal just started in that state, It
gives promise to outstrip in realtty what
the Arizona Kicker is in myth. The
brave man who will edit this paper or
die in the attempt and who, in his ssalus
latory, greets Lis readers with the ferris
ble words that follow, is Eli Shelby Dil
lord. He says: “ We recognize but one God
and are no man’s man, and will not be
a lackey for no political crossroad charla-
tan or tinhorn statesman in Montana, as
we are not built on a truckling or brass.
collar hypothesis. If there are any
beavy-weight or pudding-beaded polities
cal scrubs in this State who think they
can intimidate or bull-doze us by scurril-
ous remarks or base fabrications they
are bold, brilliant, blooming, meteoric
and picturesque liars in every mark of
the road.” Ifhe can make the blood-
thirsty frontiersmen swallow such words
as these he should be sent to Congress.
I am much afraid however that before
be shall have issued many sheets his
earthly usefulness will cease/to be appre-
ciated and that he will be laid to rest
with the epitaph on his stony tomb, “Too
Fresh.”
.y
THE WAY THEY DRESS.
“Twas dark upon the beach that night,
We'd never met before;
She sat down promptly by my side,
And asked me for the score;
She wore a lovely percale shirt,
A collar and cravat,
And on her dainty little head
There perched a sailor hat,
We talked of tennis and baseball,
Till things got very slow;
And when a cloud obscured the moon,
I said, We'd better go,
We went, and now I weep to think
What might have been my joy,
Alas! if] bad only known
That she was not a boy!
«Tom Masson in Cloak Review,
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Church indebtedness has long figured
as the object of beneficiary festivals and
catch-penny schemes. Bat to England
belongs the glory of providing a means
for the proper effacing of church debts,
which has every claim to uovelty and
originality,
A magnificent structure, complete in
every appointment, in fact the “finest
church in town” is built, and the war
dens insure their lives for its benefit, the
premiums being paid as they fall due
from the subscriptions and weekly cole
lections. As the wardens one by one,
are summoned from their terrestrial
pilgrimage to the “mansions on high,”
policies are paid and the church rejoices
in consequence, not at the demise of the
warden, but at the “windfall” Debts
are thus paid in a manner comparative.
easy and the death of a pillar is no long
or looked upon as a calamitous event but
as a Godsend,
The scheme is not fadous for its hue
mane spirit nor do I say it is one in
which the Lord delights, but we are all
“sick unto death” with festivals, lawn
fotes and similar afflictions when we pay
for much and get little-so what is the
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Centre Hall? We have church debts in
this borough, (whose chief industries
were once said to be that of building
churches and laying water pipes) larger
probably than good horse sense and
sound judgment would have dictated
and while I emphatically disown any
hope of reward from any insurance com-
pany. I propose that England's plan be
embraced,
lovsaes.
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The First8 tept,
Perhaps youare run down, can’t eat,
can’t sleep, can’t think can’t do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder
what ails you, You should heed the
warning, you are taking the first step
into Nervous Prostration., You need a
Nerve Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will find the exact remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal,
bealthy condition. Surprising results
follow the use of this great Nerve Tonic
and Alterstive. Your appetite returns,
good disgestion is restored, and the
Liver and Kidneys resume healthy
action. Try a bottle. Price 50c. at J. D.
Murray's Drug Store,
Babscribe for the Reporter,
~——Miss Kate Reesman is housed up
with an affection of the lungs.
——W. W. Royer, one of Centre Hill's
most worthy citizens gave us a call.
~—Wit McCormick, of Tyrone,
arrived in town on Tuesday evening.
~The Methodists realized about $35
with their festival on Saturday evening .
~—Charles Mensch, “devil” of the
Middleburg Post, spent Monday in Cen.
tre Hall,
~——Chas. Noll, of Bellefonte, spent
Monday in town adjusting the various
‘phones,
Mrs. Wm, Ettinger, of Milton, Pa.
is visiting her brother, the editor of the
ARPORTER,
~—Any one wanting those fine $3.00
cabinets for $1.00 had better come at
once. —Lenney’s, Centre Hall.
— Our young friend, Prof. C. R. Neff,
bas been engaged as teacher of the Mill-
belm grammar school.
——Agronsburg has two rival bands—
No. 1 and band No.2, Both claim to be
No. 1 on a blow,
~—New Top buggy, never in nse, will
be sold cheap. Apply to, or address, S.
W. Smith, Centre Hall, Pa.
— Will Runkle just received a fine
lot of sweet potatoes, at his meat market
and is selling them very cheap.
——{abinet photo’s at Lenney’s gale
lery, Centre Hall, only $1.00. Remem-
ber you may not get another chance.
~—Dr. Fank, of Harrisburg, joined
his family Saturday, who were visiting
at the residence of Mr. Wm, Wolf.
~Mr. VanPeit, of Ithica, N. Y., fath-
er of Garey VanPelt, arrived in town on
Wednesday for a visit with his son.
—Beiicloute is agitated over a stands
pipe for their water works. Well, com~
promise the maiier by tak ng a “horn.”
~-Asronsburg Lutheran congrega-
tion will hold a festival at their church,
Saturday afternoon and evening, Ang.
156th.
~—Do you want to secure genuine
bargains in clothing and gent’s furnish
ing goods? Lewins, at the Philad.
Branch, Bellefonte, can save you consid
erable money.
~—Mr, John Shaffer, of Madisonburg,
aud Mr. Jeme Wert, of Asronsburg,
dropped in to see the Rxrorrzr Tuesday
They were on their way to the county
seat and stopped off at Centre Hall for
dinner,
~(Good shoes, at very low prices can
be found at A, C. Mingle’s shoe store,
Bellefonte, and a very large assortment
to select from. He handles no shoddy
goods and full return guaranteed.
~—To give our readers an idea how
plenty and cheap berries are in our sec~
tion, we note that last week we bought
one bushel of black berries at 3 cents
per quart. Huckleberries are 4 and 5
cents per quart. Apples can be had by
some for the fetohing.
A traveling band, composed of an
entire family discoursed music on our
streeis last week. They were “busted”
and wanted only a few dollars to enable
them to arrive at their home, From the
quality of music it wonders us not a lit«
tle that the thusness was thus.
—eBStroet commissioner Dauberman
bas appointed D. K. Geiss as assistant,
Mr. Dauberman had sent in his resig-
nation to the council but was not accept.
ed by that body, and he was authorized
to appoint an assistant.
When Raby was slek, we gave hor Onstortn,
When she was a Child, whe cried for Castorls,
When she became Miss, ahe clung to Castoria,
When shehed Children, abe gave them Costorta, .