THE CENTRE REPORTER. | FRED. : Kurt, EDITCR AND PusLIsnEn. | (CENTRE s Hat L. PA.. THURS. SEPS. 9, THE RACKET. | THE FIRST SPRINKLING Of Fall Goods has put in an ap- pearance—only a forerunner of the | storm of DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS Special attention is called the genuine Broadhead Worsteds and all- wool Serges, for which we have exclu- sive sale. to LADIES’ COATS AND WRAPS Representing the famous houses of Rothchild and Julius Stein, We sell these goods like everything else in the store at one price and that the lowest. MEN'S, LADIES’, AND OHILDREN'S SHOES Immense stock. Prices often half of | regular. In ladies’ fine shoes, repre- senting exclusively in Bellefonte the Curtis and Wheeler specialties. ! Much to Talk Abowd, KOM AND C. (i. R. SPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr, Bellefonte, P Too PERSONAL. ——Ralesman Harry Bibighaus has been in this vicinity the last week or more. ——Mrs. Elmer Campbell. den Hall, spent Wednesday friends in town. ——Mrs. Emma Bartholemew, of Clearfield, Pa., is visiting friends and relatives in Centre Hall and vicinity. E. M. Huyett is down in Virgin- ia looking up a large tract of timber land. He left on Monday. Jibighaus, of Mid- | of her cousin, east of Centre of Lin- with — Miss Jennie dleburg, is the guest Miss Laura Runkle, Hall. Mrs, Vance McCormick return- ed to her home in Montandon on Wednesday after a visit with her par- ents in Centre Hall —Will Harpster departed on Mon- day evening for his home in Freeport, Ill, after a visit of nearly two weeks | with his mother in Centre Hall DD. J. Meyer isrepresenting Huy- ett, Mever & Boozer, at the Stoneboro fair in Mercer county this week. Da-! vid will present to theJarmers of that section the unparalleled merits of the Centre Hall cornplanter. —Mrs. Samuel Farner, of Brad- ford, Pa., was in Centre Hall during the week of the picnic greeting old friends. Mrs. Farner resided in Cen- tre Hall, on Church street, about fif- teen years ago and her visit was a very pleasant one. Captain John H. Harter, of Nevada, Ohio, is visiting friends and relatives in his native valley the past] week. Capt. Harter is on his way | home from Gettysburg, where he tended the reunion of his old regi-| ment, 150th, P. V., (Bucktails.) it ps Cleaned the Park. ats ? Grange Park has been put in proper shape again by the grangers, and it] now presents a better appearance than it did a few daysafter the picnic. The | grounds were littered with straw, pa-| per and other debris and had a very | dirty look, but after getting the tents | down, the grangers went all over the | ground with a hay rake and it now | looks as cleanly as before the pienic. The grass is tramped down and in some places the ground is bare, but by next year's exhibition it will be on top again. lp iy To the Union County Fair, For the benefit of visitors, the P. R. R. will sell excursion tickets to Brook Park, Lewisburg, on Oectober 5th to 7th, good for return passage until October 8th inclusive, at greatly re duced rates. Special trains wil] leave Lewisburg for the park each hour, and on the 6th and 7th, a special train will be run in the evenings to Laurelton and intermediate points, Ss AA AS A Hayseoder, A countryman who went to Allen- town, Pa., on an excursion, took a ride on the electric street car. Bizing up the fare register and beholding the in dicator point to 25, he remarked to his companion: “Chiminy, Bill, die car geht ovver shwift, un se hut yusht finf- un-tzwansich pun shteam.” Attending Synod, The Central Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran church meets this week at Reedsville, and will continue in ses- sion several days. Rev. Fischer, of Centre Hall, is president of the body and is in attendance, Orphans Court Sale, M. L. Rishell, executor and admin- ‘istrator of the Dashem estate, will of- fer at public sale a fine farm, contain- ing 100 sete, near Penn Cave station, on y Oetober 22nd, at one THE THIRD ONE. | PROF. C. L. GRAMLEY APPOINTED | COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. DEATH OF AN AGED LADY © BOROUGH DADS, Morning. Evening. On Tuesday morning early the hand | In the last week the council has en- | bersbarg, The Appointment Satis. factory and a good One, The office of County Superintendent |° filled by the ap- pointment of Professor C, L. Gramley, | of Rebersburg, by State Superintend- The office was vaeant, owing Professor David O. Etters accepting | the principalship of the Bellefonte which tendered him, schools, was an incumbent and | the vacaney had to be filled by an ap- pointment. There were several appli- | cants for the position and all seeming- ly had a dead clinch on the appoint- ment, but Professor Gramley had the longest pole and the appointment was knocked into his lot. Ceph has been an active teacher for many years, and has the energy to fill | the position properly. The staid old town of Rebersburg has supplied more County tendents than any other town eality in the county. The appoint- i ! i i i that locality, The first R. M. Magee, whoserved three terms in office, then Professor Henry Meyer, and now Prof, Gramley. Wp DEATH AT SPRUCETOWN, was Mr. zen Passes Away. Mr. John Farner, a highly and most Srd, after a short of Saturday, September illness, at the eighty-two years, Mr. Farner was born at Mexico, niata county, and removed to Centre county when he was about eighteen years old. He was married on ruary 11th 1884 to Miss Mary BStiver, who preceded him in death about ten) ye He was the father of four children, viz: Samuel, advanced age about ! Ars Ago, deceased ; J. Thomas, ford county, Pa, Hill Mr. Farner was a highly respected citizen, possessed many noble qualities -he thoroughly and a Christian, always seeking to do what was right, and raised dren in the same faith. of Hydetown, Craw Was an honest man, n——— A A OTSA The Line Located, The county line case, which has i citizens for several years, particularly those of the west end of Kishacoquil- Ias valley, eame to a culmination far as the United St court way ates district At the session of court at Williams- eral days, and on Tuesday last Buffington charged the jury, taking strong ground that the Mifflin county should be west of seven miles ballot and rendered a verdict in ace cordance with the Judge's opinion. pps Wonderful Shooting the 5 who gave an Scranton performed | . K. Sober, great shot his Friday skill last. at He birds shot at. The Republican of Sat “Colonel Bober's exhibi- tion of fancy shooting was the finest handled a shot marvelous and his feats were simply astonishing.” it Hard to Stand, The chestnuts are ripening which may thin down the attendance of ru- ral Sunday schools for the next five or six Sabbaths, as the youngsters cannot forego the temptation of thrashing the trees when the open burs full of nuts grin at the urchins, Few chaps can stand that, even on Sunday. seit cbt Fire Near Bellefonte, Last Friday afternoon, a large frame building containing two stone crush- ers and a stationary engine at Morris’ lime kilns, about four miles from Bellefonte, was destroyed by fire The fire originated from a spark from the smoke stack. The loss is about $5,000, which Is covered by insurance. I A A ———— Death of an Early Settler, ly settlers in Sugar Valley and an hon- orable citizen of Greene township, died on Monday, September 10th, at his home near Greene Mills, aged 86 years, Important Notlee, Weare mailing “duns” which trust will receive attention by an walt, as long as some do, due us, for what Cool Weather, It has been quite cool since Bunday nights thunder storm, In some parts of the state large hall fell and some damage was done by the storm. A MM PASS, ~When you make a purchase at Lewis, Bellefonte, you are guaran- Sead satisfaction and full returns for o'clock. | | she quietly and peacefully passed from | 1 no business pould be contracted until | | this world of cares into the dim be- | Monday evening, when the members ron, | of that body met in Boal's office. Mrs, Elizabeth Harper, at about six | at the home of her son Bimon | The minutes of the last meeting were (read and approved. Bills were pre- | sented to the amount of about $30, for | which orders were given on the treas-| urer, Mrs, Harper had been ill for a number | | of weeks, suffering from not one dis- | | picnic was maintained an expense of | | $25. 50, and the council ordered pay-| { ment of same, at-! A committee was appointed by the | president of two members to look after | the condition of the walks and pave- {ments in town which are out of repair land do not conform with the ordi-| | nance. It is the duty of this commit- was aged 87 years, 8 months and 29 tee to look up all dilapidated walks | She was born in Berks county | and have them put in proper order. and moved to this county when about An ordinance was passed and signed | [ten years of age, living in this county | | by the burgess in reference to the pur- | remainder of her life. Her maid-| chase of the Centre Hall water works | en name was Elizabeth Kreamer, and | | by the borough. The ordinance as| drawn will leave it to the citizens whether the town shall be bonded to the tune of $4000,00 for the purchase of | surviving. The surviving children are | the plant. [It is intended that the eit-| Mrs, B. Weaver, of Rebers- | izens shall vote for or against same at! burg; Mrs. Philip Royer, of Clinton-|the election in November. The Clinton county; William Harper | sion then adjourned to meet at next regular meeting on Friday, tober 7th, { which with her greatly advanced age, | she was not able to bear, and she grew | { gradually weaker until those in | distant, and she quietly and peaceful- | | ly breathed her last as above stated. Mrs. Elizabeth Harper was born on | { December 28th, 1804, and consequently She was the mother of ten chil | five of whom are dead and five | wer, Cieorge dale, the | Oe~ | of Centre Hall. The five children who preceded her in death | Mrs, Mary A. Gramley, wife of | rm Town Council Arrested, Last week the town council of Lewis- Jonathan Gramley; Rebecca Harter, | burg was arrested for neglect of duty. wife of Absolom Harter; John; Jona-| The Chronicle says: than and George. George died when |eitizen named G. not quite two years old. Har- | deavoring to drive per, her husband died in 1843, leaving the mother with those children It seems that jrown, while en- through Cherry {alley found it almost impassable by rang- | reason of mud and water. After driv- ing in age from one and one-half years | ing through this collected mire a short Mrs. Harper raised all | distance, his wagon sank into a ditch the family to manhood and woman- or gully and was broken. He sent a hood except the youngest child, who | letter to the council asking that the | died as before stated. She never mar- | borough might bear the expense of re-| of her husband, | pairing This letter pre-| but remained a true and loving moth-| a George iineteen. death his Wagon. | meeting and read. it Fri-| laid upon the table f By motion, The funeral will take place on ation. Mr. Brown, believing that his Church street and inter ment will be made in the cemetery at | She was a lifelong mem- | formation against the ber of the Reformed church and eon-| sistently lived the life of a Christian, Eisenberg, will offie- Simon on equivalent to a dismissal, made in- “City and caused their arrest. At the jon Friday night, attorneys Cox | Linn, appearing for the plaintiff, [duced as witnesses Wm. Reuben Weldensaul, Mathias i and Wood Biddle, who made ithe bad condition of the trial co Bs lS Mabus Threshing Machine Accident, oath tol Probst Bros.,, who own a steam of W. M. Johnson, in Woodward | last when they met with an accident that might have re Hayes, Faq. | argume nis ; sides, week of the "Bquire Clingan fendants on their own recognizances to appear at the next term of court. of bound the attorneys The particulars, as far as ascertain were as follows: | The engineer had gone into the barn | we could in The Union County Falr at Week, Oct 5.8 and 7 The Thirty-ninth Annual Fair of | {the Union County Agricultural Socie- ty will be held at Brook Park, | burg, next week, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, October 5th, 6th and | flying through the barn. | 7th. Our readers are cordially invited Several men were working in the barn | 10 attend. Thé attractions are repre but luckily all escaped Injury except |#ented as surpassing anything in the past history of this organisation, one of the oldest in the State. Besides the premiums offered for horses, $200 will be given farmers’ organizations, $200 in prizes to bieycle riders, and liberal premiums for stock, dairy products, fancy work, fruit, vegetables, poultry, cattle, ete., ete. A grand parade of stock, cattle, farming implements, ete. is also on the program. You surely should not miss this great exhibition; attend, you will enjoy it. tt ciara Don't Marry Railroaders, Girls, Girls ought to be warned of the fear- ful danger to be incurred in marrying railroad men, especially brakemen. It is related that the other night a mem- ber of that hard-working fraternity, at Bellwood, on being aroused from a dream of an impending crash, was found by the neighbors sitting up in bed holding his wife by the ears, hav- ing nearly twisted the terrified womans head off in his ineffectual exertions to “downjbrakes.”" —Coalport Standard. to run at great speed which so increas. | but was not The separator was en- tirely demolished. —Lock Haven Dem- ocral, a Cholera, The press is now full of advice to the people in the way of methods of warn- ing off the cholera, but they may be all summed up shortly as follows: Keep your person and your surround. ings clean. To act upon the sauitary advice that is now being so freely To Prevent will be no cholera epidemic in this country, such a plague is by no means impossible. Therefore, it will be well to inaugurate a thorough cleaning up all around. sm———— New Passenger Railway. Charters were granted last week to the Clearfield and Curwensville passen- ger railroad company, of Clearfield, and to the Philipsburg and Houtzdale passenger railroad company, of Osceola Mills. The latter road will be operated in Philipsburg, Chester Hill, Osceola Mills, Sterling and Houtzdale and will be twelve miles in length. The capi- tal stock of each company is $100,000, Trains Late, Last week all passenger trains from the east were late at Centre Hall. The delays were caused by the enormous traffic of the G. A. R. encampment at Washington, and the Pennsylvania railroad service taxed to its utmost ca- Removed From Centre Hall, ty Prof. Rothrock, who for two years was principal of the Centre Hall schools, removed to Boalsburg last week with his family, where he was elected to a similar position. We are sorry that the Professor should leave Centre Hall. He was a good citizen and made many sincere friends, Will He Absent. No services will be held in the Pres. byterian churches at Spring Mills and Centre Hall, next Sabbath, owing to the absence of the pastor, Rev. Bas- kerville, to fill the pulpits at Hublers- burg and Jacksonville. Send In the Names, The World's fair managers would like to have the names and addresses of 2,500,000 people who are willing to pay $2 for a silver souvenir half-dollar. A A SDAA ~The finest line of shoes to be found in the county can be seen at Still Giving Exhibitions. cy and trick shot of A is still giving exhibitions of his skill in band. ling the gun, and on the 20th inst, will treat the populace at Carlisle, Pa., an exhibition, wee Low ins counters are loaded with | © n new stock of clothing for fall and | AT THE AGE OF 117 YEARS. Remarkable Longevity of a Woman Whose Grandfather Was an Indian, She Died In Patton Township. i | ees Elizabeth Btanton died recently at | her home, in Patton township this leounty at the remarkable age of 117 | years. had reached the age of 117 years. Her | grandfather was an Indian and her father a half-breed. child of James Jamison, | at Big Chickle, | 1775. Lancaster county., RESIDENCE BURNED, A Destructive Fire Near Bellefonte Sun- day Night, Last Bunday evening about nine o'clock, n bright light was seen across the mountain in the direction of Belle- fonte, wnicn from the length of time it continued, was thought to be a fire, and the surmise was a correct one. The residence of Albert Owens, { cation and scarcity of water, it was im- possible to save tne building, which was of frame. The building was com- pletely destroyed and but few house- hold articles were rescued from the flames. The origin of the fire is a mystery Bhe was twice married, first to James | Harrig, and then to John Btanton | Lewistown. | for any years, Henderson, who lived at Homestead, |i 70 years old. There are four older | childre in, two of whom have died of [old age, and the other two are Mrs. | Zellet, of Tyrone aud Richard Stanton {a wealthy Californian, | Mrs. Stanton was a hard worker Her and cannot be accounted for, as noone was at home at the time the flames were discovered. A fine library was destroyed which contained many val- uable books. The loss will be about | $6,000, on which there is an insurance of $2,000, Sms fp ——-— Union County Desths, In Limestone township, on the 7th during her life. At 80 years of age she { did a man’s work in the harvest fleld, and it is sald that she enjoyed unbrok- len health for more than 100 years. | Two years ago she walked twelve miles | to Bellefonte, | train for the first time. She had an old family Bible suppos-| | cestors two hundred years ago by an | early missionary. The records in it] prove her age beyond question. Bhe was a charming old lady, bright and cheerful at the last. She awaited her end calmly, saying she had already lived two lives, and was now ready die, The people of the whole country around attended her funeral. cn pp MIFFLINBURG'S CENTENNIAL | Extensive Preparations Being Made to Cel. | ebrate on October 4th, Colored posters are hung up conspic- juously in the town of Mifflinburg’s celebration, when she will commemorate her | coming with great first centennial, Tuesday, October 4th, is the day in | which that town will put on her gala | {attire, and show the visitors what have without half | been | pointed and over $500 has been raised towards defraying of the! celebration. A monster big parade is | eclat | big day they can trying. Committees have eX penses {intended to be the principal feature {the day. The parade will be | secret orders, {| Honorable John Blair Linn, of | Bellefonte, is the orator of the day and in the ter the parade will | deliver an address from a public stand. Special trains will be run over the { railroads to accommodate those | wish to attend, and excursion | will be sold at a low rate. afternoon af who to go down and help Mifflinburg cele- | brate the day in most approved style a8 - i { ! Our Imaginary is. A Philadelphia physician says that disease is only a mild dyspepsia, nervousness, commonly, bad temper, and two-thirds of the so- called malaria is nothing but laziness, | Imagination, he says, is responsible for | a teaspoonful of sweetened water, and | doze off like a babe, under the impres-| sion that it was a bona fide prescrip- tion of morphia, whereas, the little harmless dose, he would toss about restlessly for hours. ———————— I So stm Gave Himself Up. Oliver W. Roberts, who killed farm- er Jacob W. Ross, near Johnstown, by striking him with a stone two weeks ago, has been in hiding ever since. Monday he walked into police headquarters and gave himself up, say- ing he had been working on a farm near town ever since. He said he had become tired of the suspense of fearing arrest, and that he would take the con- sequence of his act. yp Vet's Re-anion. The next Veteran's reunion will be held at Hunter's Park, on the Buffalo Run railroad. The reunion for the last half dozen years was held during picnic week on the grangers’ grounds, and takes one very important day from the picnic by going to another * A Novel Bet, The Chicago Herald asserts that ‘a South Dakota girl lost a bet of 1000 kisses on Blaine’ failure to get the nomination, and conscientiously paid the same. A recount was demanded and rather than be mixed up in a con- test she consented.’ Won't Be Missed, Gilmore, the great band master is dead. He won't be missed—Aarons burg bands, No. 1 and No. 2 are still a ne aa Lo weeThe Philad. Branch has almost of September, Dgniel Bwartzlander, | aged 75 years, 7 months and 24 days. At Winfield, on the 16th of Beptem- |b or, Catharine Belsar, aged 79 years, 9 | months and 4 days, In Lewisburg, at the residence of | he r son-in-law, Mr. H. B. Cawley, on | the 19th of September, Eliza, re diet of Henry Orwig, dec’d., aged 76 years, 11 | months and 17 days, In West Buffalo township, near For- | est Hill, su the 18th of September, | John C. Btruble, aged 16 years, 4 | { months and 28 days. a The Boy Must Go, The Williamsport Republican says: | The locomotive engineers of Pennsyl- | vania have decided to fake steps to | get rid of the boy operator. The sort {of curse he is no one knows better than | the engineers, who do not propose to {have him endanger their lives any long They will ask the next Legis 8! lature to pass a bill providing reguls- tions for the employment of telegraph operators. The requirements they ad- | vecate will be that every person before taking an office shall have had one | years's experience; shall not be under 21 years of age, and shall not be assign- | ed to block signal work without hav- ing had some experience of that kind. There should also be a regulation for- bidding an operator to be on duty { more than ten hours a day. Wy Only Six at a Time. i — o— i Hix bouncing baby boys have just presented to Charles Billings, Ashe county, North Carolina, by his j proud wife. The tots are very much alive, and eseh weighs from four and one-half to nine pounds. The father, who is a poor mountaineer, depends con shooting game for a living. i | been ssid mm—— A Heavy Thunder Gast A terrific thunder gust passed over this county on Bunday night. i - — | —Storm coats way down in price {at Lewins, Bellefonte. His stock is | superior to any other. Satisfaction is {always guaranteed. A GRAIN MARKET, CORRECTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & BON, New Wheto com Wheat........ | Rye .. { Cora... | Oats ne { Barley .. Buckwhesi.... i we - ww ® Serges for the coming season are strictly in it; we have same in differ ent weaves and weights, — All the late styles in Dress i - a Goods at popular prices. 4 Three cents for 1 a cake of regu- lar five-cent Toilet Soap. Have you seen ¢ our new terns in Satines? Canton Flannels—best values ~at lowest prices, Bamples of goods sent for your asking. Silkalenes— Laces and Heavy Curtins—and all the fixings, We are sole ta for es mt osm olot i K winter. he Puild. Branch always Injthe lead for ; ]
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