THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. Kurtz, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. PA.. THURS, DEC, 1 CENTRE HALL, THE RACKET. i Keep One Eye on The Comet The Other Be. on The Racket, The Comet inte rests w r kuriosity and | The Racket intere sts U'r pocketbook. i JUST IN: An ‘entire new line of Featherbone Corsets, Extra Long Walist—New Model. Feath- erbone is strong and elastic, bet- ter than whale- bone and une- qualed for com- fort, durability and elegance. Ask to CC them U will find them nowhere- else in Belleft'e A new assortment of Kid Gloves, all sizes and styles. We have the genuine “Mather! glove, at half the regular price. U will see the cut of 'em inour advertisements two years ago. NUF CED. KOM & C. PERSONAL. wm MT. of ville, was among our callers this week. —Mr. William Alexander, of Millheim, was in town last Friday. Mr. Samuel H. Heckman, Lock Haven, spent Friday night Centre Hall. pee Mrs. Elizabeth Love is spending the week with her daughter, Mrs, Will Mertz, at Tussey ville. — Frank ing of his furniture store at and will remove to Athens, Pa. to en- Jacob F. Royer, Tussey- K. of in intends dispos- Jellefonte Naginey gage in similar business. —(. H. Breon and Wallace Mus- ser, of Millheim, rode to Centre Hall on Saturday on their bicycles. The roads were good and the boys made good time, —Mr. G. H. Homan, of Aarons- burg, was in Centre Hall on Saturday morning, on business, but he found sufficient time to call at the REPORTER office. For the next year Mr. Homan will be able to read all the news, hav- ing enrolled his name on our list. Mr. James A. Bweetwood, near Centre Hill, was a caller at the REPORTER office Tuesday. Mr. Sweetwood is one of the supervisors of Potter twp., and it through his efforts that a stone crusher was pur- chased last spring, and the condition of the roads have been much improv- ed. Mr. informs us he put 1021 loads of crushed stone on the roads this season, and it has been a pay- ing venture, of On Was Sweetwood pp tl Will Sarprise Some. There is a boro ordinance requiring the cleaning of snow from the walks and pavements after a snow fall, and already with the slight snow fall we have had, there seems to be a disposi tion on the part of some property own- ers not to remove it, while others are very prompt in removing the snow. There is a remedy for the delinquents and during the coming winter the or- dinance will be enforced to the letter. Some may not like this, but all the same it will be done, yr Position In Arb. Katherman, who has officiated in the position as station agent at Cen- tre Hall for a number of years, has been tendered a position in one of the departments of the railroad at Wil liamsport, which he has accepted. He will remove with his family to the Lumber city in a short time. sorry Arb has concluded to leave Cen- Williamsport, in his new position. ns Mf AP BAI To Be Wedded, The marriage of Mr. Henry E. Faust, | of Potters Mills, and Miss Daisy F. Noll, of Spring township, is announc- the residence of Mrs. John Noll, at | eeremony. Stans A A Slight Reduction, By an agreement effected between the Western Union and Postal tele- graph companies, instead of charging the same for a sign, figure or letter as they do for a word, three of these let- ters will be sent as a word, This ar- rangement will materially reduce the cost of sending a message. ———— A So ow ————— Will Discontinue, Mr. Emanuel Brown, proprietor of that popular Bellefonte hostelry, the . Fountain House, which he has con- ducted successfully for several years, will go out of the hotel business in the coming spring. Only those who have purchased boots and shoes at Mingle's shoe store. Ballatoute, knw hess to get the best | | LARGE LIST OF CRIMINAL CASES | TO BE TRIED. | Hon, William 3M. Allison Chosen Foreman i of the Grand Jury. Large Af i tendance, { The November term of court { vened in session on Monday morning | in the court house in Bellefonte, | be tried numbered forty-eight on the docket, but a certain percentage of these will not tried. Judge Furst presided in the chair, along with asso- ciate Riley. was absent, not having fully ed from the effects of his recent Iytie stroke. be in all constables for action, which granted. The returns which were Cases were made satisfactory. responded to their names. Hon, liam M. Allison of the grand jury, was chosen and the began their labors, dispatch, jury charged with f. prosecutrix. fined £2 Thomas Former May J. ning tant found guilty, | imposed. Commonwealth vs. ley, Defendant found guilty 5, and Benjamin and was tenance of wife, Commonwealth Frank charged with libeling John man, of Milesburg. Defendant guilty as in manner and form ed. VE, two continued and court until Tuesday morning. Commonwealth vs. David Rora- tery upon the person of John O. Conner, of Eaglesville, Defendant was found guilty indicted manded for sentence. as an William Riel bailee, valued at thirty cents the and defenda guilty by the jury. Commonwealth vs. Daniel Slutman, Commonwealth vs. ards, a case can of fruit involved in of larceny by We case, was found charged with obtaining money Sheriff’ Samuel Irving, county, false pretense, of Huntingdon Irving was tracing a who prosecutor. thief and to horse for § which was given him. horse met Slutman agreed locate Wp — The Ballot Boxes, Not a few people are asking what ballo other belongings used in the tem of soting. As to the what pertains to them, they safely stored away, the under becomes of the boxes big ' EW SYS and be boxes booths will while containing the ballots come act passed in 1874, which the naming of a place for their keeping by the local authorities of a city, town- ship or borough and then the Court of Common Pleas nate the officer who should In many the booths, guard rails and ballot box- es will ali be stored the or building where the election is held, but an old law required that the ballot boxes should be taken to the Justice of the Peace for safe keeping. an CIMpowens cle “ig- the to have custody of them. at house Wolf coy At a Disadvantage A GOOD JOKE ON JACK GREIST, How Mike Grove Got Ahead of ths Com missioner. -and he was one of the best Centre ~Mike Grove was as- for Benner township. Grove is one of those outspoken, straight-forward farmers who never or gospel, and in he put farm lands down to relieve the oppressed tiller of the soil a little in taxation, be- low what the law directed. When Mike brought his assessment book to the Commissioners’ office, Jack looked over it, and seeing the fig- ures were not way up where the law directed, he called Mr. Grove's atten- tion to it, saying, **Mike, did you read your oath carefully in making this as- sessment?’ To this Mr. Grove plied in his quick incisive manner, “To hell with your oath, we do what's right up there.” as to wnat is law re- — A Farmer Swindled, Williams- farmer Hews A recent dispatch from port says a Lycoming county of the class that never read the papers, was recently swindled $14,000 by the gold brick The farmer was led to believe that the gold brick had been brought east by an In- and by that it was worth $5,000, induced to of an out scheme, dian, representations he on was make an advance promise equal division of the full price. senting himself as an expert from of it The money farmer went to the jeweler to have the nugget tested, Up- on discovering that he had timized he concealed his identity. The district United States mint, made a test and pronounced it good, was paid and the been vie- attorney has information that leads him to believe that he capture the and is making effort to swindlers, find can nn the 5 fetim. —— —— Donation. Eisen- church, evening, Rev. Mursday TH, had The Centre Reformed for pastor of the especial cause thanksgiving members of his congregation in Hall treated the Rev, to surprise by cOongre galing PATSO NAL loaded tions from turkeys down, at the with dona the ar- ticles in aggregate summed up no little Eisenix es uine down and amount. tev. ed himself in the hearts Hall, appreci- during his pastorate in Centre and the donation was on slight ation of his endeavprs, Bo —- Cost of Blection in Blair County, wnmissioners’ cler the § MInty Wes andt estimates minty for the £10. 0663, 3 Ry comt to $ the - TA the sum An expenditure the ing of the election proclamation in six ne of the Election WX): room rent and erecting $800: delivering bles, ballot at Among items $4 which make up this 3, (KK, great Printing, of $1.2 JX) Was ng >, wessitated by print- WHEPAPers $1.5 election places, and tickets, S35: books, county. officers, § new consta £400; registration £1,800; boxes 830, - -> -. Left For Californias, br. J. F. Alexander, who disposed to Dr. MeGheon, tre Hall on Friday evening's train en and dry and not having a stream water nearer than about four miles, is wish to indulge in that healthful sport, | skating. Nearly every boy ms a pair of skates however, mile or more of town is pressed into i service. Respectable skating is about four miles from town and driv 3 resume his profession. will remain in Centre Hall until spring take up their residence. AA An Amusing Trick. An intellectual amusement recently devised is thus described: It consists of writing a capital letter D on a sheet of paper while standing at a table and sport, But with it all, Centre Hall | can lay any town in the shade for coasting, and ean boast of a hill over a { mile In length down which to coast. ss is AI APP oan Great Improvements, At a meeting of the road committee | of the Pennsylvania railroad company held in Philadelphia on Monday, $2,000,000 was ordered to be expended { for the addition of third and fourth | tracks and the enlargement of bridges on the middle and Philadelphia divis- jones. It is understood that the Pitts | burg division will receive the same at- tention later on. sess sisi Trustworthy -Serviceable, Our complete assortment insures per- fect satisfaction in the selection of goods to satisfy individual tastes. You will find our large stock made up en- tirely of goods that are trustworthy, serviceable and the best of their class, Everything goes at the lowest possible price. Come in and see how fair we will treat you, how well we will please you and how much we will save for you, PHILAD, BRANCH, A A Dia, aS Without an Inmate, The Centre county jail is without an inmate. There are, however, about forty criminal cases to be tried at this may be filled, | is following on the paper. No one, as far as heard from, has been able to perform the feat. Try it and see how much fun there is in it. lt niin Broke Her Thigh Bone, Mrs. Mulbarger, an aged lady living south of Tusseyville, on Friday last, while walking across the floor, had her foot cateb in the earpet which threw her to the floor, breaking her thigh bone. Dr. Emerick was ealled and gave the case his attention, ——————————— Committed Saleide, Frederick Dewey, aged 52 years, a farmer residing near Jersey Shore, Ly- coming county, committed suicide last Friday by cutting his throat with a penknife. He was temporarily in- sane. mia Christmas Services, Ax yet none of the churches or Bune day schools have announced any ins tention of holding any special Christ- mas exercises, the season should not go by without an entertainment of some Kind. Pigs Searce, Young pigs for next years slaughter, are scarce, same as last fall. Butchers pay six cents for dressed pork, KPECIAL COURT. Tribunal On Monday, 21st ingt., aspecial term of court was called for the purpose of clearing up the large list of civil cases on the docket. The attendance was small, and composed of only jurors and those immediately interested, Denlinger Bros, ve, William R. Mil- ler estate. Verdict for plaintifl, $198,- 79, I. D. VanPelt vs. H. D. VanPelt estate. Verdict for plaintiff, $4,751. Li. ¥. Wetzler Abel Reese's es- tate. Verdict for plaintiff, $261,04. Rebecca J. Royer’s estate vs. Henry Royer, et al. Verdict for defendant. William Colyer vs. H. A, McKee & Bro. suit for 5 per cent. for sale of tim- ber lands, Verdict for plaintiff, $912 VS. Wc Ap A Narrow Escape, Ciilbert Greenberg, chief of the Hunt- ingdon fire department and ex-presi- dent of the State tion, requirements of Firemen's Associa- undertook last week to fulfill the bet by its an election wading neross the Juniata river widest point in Huntingdon. cent rains had raised the river erably and Chief Greenburg when on- ly a little way out from the shore carried off his feet and swept the river, The river banks lined with people on either side and a brass band was waiting to receive the to Cireenburg al The consi fe WHs down were ven- his was swimmer, clothes, Chief | drawn under the water several and when he had finally Thomas Long, who had | rescue turesome Owing heavy times given {0 him to shore He up his in gone in a boat drew an unconscious condition. finally resuscitated. - -> - A Hotel Keeper's Responsibility Judge Fisher, in the court Louis, Mo.,, on Monday, Zs a decision in the case of J, al St. inst, N. La ‘h to hotel keepers. to the the hat rack near thedin- Whi Ii he found that some one else He {In giving that compel gave A= bold against the wil be L.abold £5 { who attends southern hotel whic of interest sve his overcoat man room. came out had the overcoat Judge Fi arier {ing HET taken it. value of for the + his while sued decision said {hie . : led to receive overcoat at the $ $f bse c1inai itt entrance ye din Lid from ho- % wis ane WZ room, fact { he did reg it, th tel became responsible for it. and a - All Staple Articles, Sausages and buckwhenst cakes are and the heard, morning's da ng in now, squealing wind i CON porker’s notes can Ix all are the { lovers of mush wn he saluting and paunhoss are also in their glory—these dishes being in season now. Who will dare say this i= not and 1 numbered, for we can gx on mush, pa and buckwheat cakes, a great happy country? he days of this Republic { i genera- tions vet . SRUsSASCS - - - Paying an Hiecijon Bet, In Lewistown a few days since, a unique spectacle was witness d when v Miss Anna Bollinger between wheeled | Miss Carrie Lotzgesselle in a ¢peorated | an election bet was paid of ladies, | barrow from Miss Lotzgesselle’s home public { The young ladies were preceded by | on Logan street to the square, a { Ind bearing a torch and were surround- ed by a large and lively crowd of boys, who, with quite a number of people | who lined the sidewalks, to | enjoy the novel scene. seemed A —-— A Cure for Pimples, A small pinch of flour of sulphur dis- i solved in a gill of milk and taken ev- | ery morning is an efficacious remedy | for pimples. It will take some little time to produce an effect, but the cure js as sure as it is slow. While taking dry. Tp A Notieable Sect. men from Mifflin county, were seen on the streets, and created no little at- tention by their peculiar garb and gen- | eral appearance. merous in Mifflin county and numbers | wealthy citizens, iil in Building a Chop Mill be run by his well-drilling engine dur- ing the winter months. The mill will be erected on a lot on Hoffer street, back of his residence. Carpenters are now engaged in constructing the build- ing. eS A SSA S15 Held a Meeting Millheim, we are informed, held a railroad meeting a few nights ago—to further the project of building a branch to Coburn, Hope they have the en- terprise to meet it. A SA Goes to William sport. Newton 8. Baily, on the Gasetfe staff, severed his connection with that Journal, and has accepted a position on the new daily, 7%he Times, to be is sued in Williamsport. . we A complete stock of boots and shoes can always be found ¢ "t Mingle's ——. P. Long was to eastern cities | A CHANCE T0 GIVE THE TOWN A BOOM. Branch Railroad Proposed Between Miliheim and Coburn, Other En. terprises for the Town. A Millheim just now, is agitating some enterprises that the ReporTeER fre quently called attention to in Years, A railroad to Coburn is being talked of just now, and if they stm up the necessary courage, trust they will, they put enterprize through and doa big thing for the that would it boom at once, and enhance the value of that borough. burn would suffer somewhat, but branch, would past Can ns we ean the town, give fl every { = be still house and lot in ing on the main survive, Then the Mil the of water a thing in that The water could be piped from mountain at the north of town, fresh and what Millhelm needs. It suffering from contaminated well wa- ter, ver and diphtheria in the place. A railroad and water works, what Millheim is lacking iived there we until tl fact A little snap, a right direction, the any croakers, n heim people are also ¥ agitating construction WwW orks, town. much needed springs toll-gate pure, just has been henee the frequency of typhoid fe is just in, and if would hammeraway wore we ie two an accomplished little CONE the and in spite found, push in rt of action, improvements assured, are nd these are In instrumen- 4 : the co s weeds, where. this » REPORTER al in bringing about of the ra and the erection o every way ax } 14s Was IArgesy mpletion i iis ley ilrond through valley, he WwCentre Hall now croakers too, d ¢ i excellent } I WY fe wy there wi 1 tem of waterwe Donsts of PE > ® a « * 4 all and we never for a woment aliowe then to seare us off, oy - Could N The Horse ot Eat. Calling, « ne of his ita county, nolie orses did not sex ithout at diffi WW «14 1HLY, siderin unateur their snicd thus afford amuses r winter evenings i » {orn 10 pieces, vg determine Ix wen will ‘id ering ton stand will delight the : { 1 i and the wople at the bottom « t heat's ar ERT A New Bank in Philipsburg, An for has iW Wa authority officials, wganize of Philipsburg. hands of M. (. banker of ., and his associates ard men. The which can ix There application by shington, rine the pr 0} WEY D.C. § First National Bank, The project is in Berkly, a Meyversdale, Oo re the tha capitalist and Pa all well known Philipsburg capital stock is $50,000, rajsed to $100,000 if necessary. are twelve stockholders. Mom What you Want The opening months of this season, we want all to remember, tion in fair prices, We are do business with you, just exactly what you want, prices are simply irresistible. is going A DENTIST'S CHILLY BATH A Former Centre Hall Dentist has a Wa tery Adventure in Lock Hauen. Dr. James CC, McIntyre, who several years ago practiced dentistry in Centre | Hall, and is well-known to all our cit- zens, had a chilly and watery adven- ture a few days ago in Lock Haven. The Dr. located in Williamsport, and is in business with H. C. Krum- rine, formerly of Spring Mills, Last Saturday evening Dr. McIntyre went to Lock Haven, and as he had over an hour's time before the late train on the Philadelphia and Erie road left for Vail lummporl, he concluded to call on his sister-in-law, Mrs. M. E. Blake. The Dr. delayed his departure for the the dation until he heard the locomo- tive whistle above the city, when he started for the Bellefonte avenue sta- tion, thinking the trains still stopped there. however, ran past and dentist determined to run down the track to the lower station in the hope of catching it. In his he did that the draw- bridge over the canal had been remov- is This train, the haste not perceive ed and he plunged headlong into the muddy water, He swam around for a few minutes and finally He and remained there the in hotel none stieceeded getting out, hen went to a night, his chilly bath. aver worse for i CoversAll The Coat, great Columbus Blizzard Btlorm £10.00 at Reciprocity Overcoat, §10.- The great Protect 00, ve Tariff Suit $10.- The great Free Trade Sait, $10.00 Children’s suits and overcoats in ‘ rid less Varx ty . Mox Td MER y & Co. Bellefonte - - - Notioe, indebted to the estate of McFarlane will ! hardware All ac sth will thanks for All person ¢ Hobert please With Cai D. ted by law { patrona of thi ollec a contin. Irvin & Bon, 9 % : ge ana soi ng MCFARLANE. Administrators, ~ fit of Octal Notice repair HOR on Sun 3 1 wateh Siig Ms ture He « no busi ness of any nature will be transacted on repair work must be Do not wish to kes Pr Wa. REIBER, Tasseyville. Pablic Sale, old school house at Early'’s town will be sold at ie aturday, on = Te By order KELLER, Director. December Sr rms made wale. of the board. A. wovas-2 f ¢ stock of Goods and Notions, —( Clothing, Dry P. Jed Blankets $1 per C. P. Long. Wanted. —A beef on subscription at this office. f° omplet Long. pair and up- ward. quarter of good GRAIN MARKET. RRE: DWEERKLY BY KURTZ & BON | Wheat Rye Corp Outs Dow | Barley | Buck whos Ti PRODUCE AT STORES, | Butter Lard. Shoulders Pinan. BRANCH. i Big Porkers. Mr. Bartholmew, out. | hog stories, by killing four porkers on bined weight of 2100 pounds. i —_—— Clinton County Institute, institute for Clinton county will con- vene at the court house in Lock Ha- ven on Monday, Dee. 13th, and con- tinue until the 23rd. Died in Berks County, Jonas Leinbach, a well-known farm- er of Richmond township, Berks coun- ty, died on the 25th, aged seventy-two. He was the father of twenty-six chil dren, AAS IA SU 1 55 Ars Festival at Spring Mills. A festival was held in the vacant Bibby house at Spring Mills, last Sat- urday night, which some of our Cen- tre Hall youngsters attended. The weather has moderated again; last week was cold enough to do credit to midwinter at any time. ~~When in need of boots or shoes HURRAH FOR SANTA CLAUS! sons lf Porson Qhiestmas Opening, — Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, Dec 10, 12, and 13. i sami fsesssmin | TO ATTEMPT To give you an idea of our lines we could not think it--too many and much of a variety. eis snmaoss FOR THE PRESENT, We are busier than ever for this time of the year. Our oat and Dress Goods sales su any previous efforts. Dress “Goods at 10c, 124, , and so on, are Niciced hy w—p— BARGAIN COUNTER Piles of new thin peony to 25c, ey ar- ticle a bargain not to be had as low anywhere. We are sole agents in Belle. fonte for the Demorest ‘Sewing Machine. froma
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