THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. RACKET STORE NEWS. When U Visit Bellefonte One of the places U should go to C is THE RACKET It is always an interesting store, and differs as much any in the town or county of day and night. from In a word it is a modern store—busi- ness is done on the American plan— The room one price and that the lowest. assortment is immense. The including the basement and balcony addition, is 195 feet long, full of goods as a little red wagon. KOM TO C US. (Gi. R. SPIGELMYER, RHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. and is PERSONAL. —Mr. Edgar Martz, of Altoona, was a caller at this office on Friday. —Miss Amanda Moyer, of Boals- man, of Farmers’ Mills, gave oursanc- tum a call. —Mr. Isaac Smith, of Williams- Mr. William Wolf. —Mr. Daniel Wieland, Hall gave our sanctum a Thursday. ~—Mrs. Sallie Kline left morning for a visit of several we with friends in Tyrone. of Linden call last Tuesday seks Houser- Muriay's —~Miss Mary Houser, of ville, was the guest of J. D. family several days last week. goes lame time — Farmer John Arney from having cut his foot ago while chopping wood. Mrs. Emma Wolf, and Winnie Wolf, of Rebersburg, guests at the home of Mr. D. J. er last Thursday. some Miss were Mey- —Mr. John Zeigler, and Mr. Wil- lis Weber, two of Brush Valley's suc- cessful farmers, favored us with a call while here attending Institute. ~—Miss Cora McCormick, of Ty- rone, is sojourning in her native val- ley as the guest of Miss Mame Meyer. Miss Cora has gained quite a deserved reputation as an artist, and her skill especially with crayons, found in many homes in this section. women ML IL. Little, of Bedford, Pa., was a visitor in Centre Hall, ar- riving on Saturday afternoon and leaving on Tuesday morning. While in town he was the guest of the fami- ly of Mr. J. C. Boal. Mr. Little sev- eral years ago was the principal of our schools and is a gentleman of sound learning and good ideas. He now a member of the Bedford county bar, and the attorney for the commission- ers of that county. He was to Lock Haven and Williamsport on a tour of inspection with the Bedford eommis- sioners, spent a day at Niagara, and took several days off to run in to Cen- tre Hall to see his many old friends, who were delighted to see him. I i tt J ————— ix is Tax on Dogs. ; At the recent meeting of the state board of agriculture, Secretary Edge read a report from the commitiee on legislation. It embraced a number of recommendations, including the sug- gestion that all taxes levied on dogs should be paid into the county treas ury and used exclusively in paying damages for sheep killed or injured within the county by dogs; that in or- der to hold the usual meeting by the board $2,000 be appropriated for ex- penses, and that the appropriation for farmers’ institutes be increased to $8,000. sts RI SR SL ——— Still In Progress, Protracted meetings are still in pro- gress all over the county, Rev. Eisen- - berg is holding services every evening during the week at Tusseyville, and will administer the Lords’ Supper to that congregation on next Sabbath. Rev. Davis is holding services in the Evangelical church at this place, which will be dontinued for some time, So —————— i — ———————— 130 Years. "At the late Centre county teachers’ institute A. J. Sheffler, E. E. Will jams, Elias Hancock and Fred Jami gon, four of the oldest teachers, com- pared notes and found the combined years that they had taught school amounts-to 130 years. Their respect ive ages are 60, 57, 57 and 61 years, Diphtheria Cases, Diphtheria cases are still reported in different sections of the county, though not as many nor as fatal cases a8 last winter. In this immediate THE CAUCUS ——— A TRUE DEMOCRATIC TICKET LAUNCHED. Large Attendance at the Democratic Cau- cus on Saturday Evening. Full Ticket Nominated, Under the new ballot law nomina- tions cannot be made the evening pre- vious to the election for the spring pri- maries and the old time way is a thing of the past. The Democrats of Potter towship and Centre Hall formerly made their nominations on the Satur- day previous to the election, while the Republicans, who are greatly in the minority in the respective districts seldom nominated a ticket and allow- ed the Democrats to at least quarrel | among themselves once a year, Saturday was the day for the nomi- nations to made for the coming election on February 17th, over two weeks previous. The caucus for the borough was held in ’Squire Boal's office. The meeting was called to or- der by chairman Rob. Foreman. The i attendance was larger than at any yet held in the borough, which shows that the victory last November had the fect of awakening the boys. Over for- ty were in attendance and the was crowded, The following | ticket placed in the field. { Judge of Election, Simon Harper. Inspector, Wm. W. Boob, Assistant John man, | Constable, Harry Swabb. | School Directors, J. T. be | | ef. roo is the Assessor, Dauber- oo Lee, ¥ PROPOSED INDUSTRY, A Cheese Factory and Creamery in Con- templation. A proposed new industry in the shape of a cheese factory and cream- ery is under consideration among sev- eral of our monied men of the vicini- ty, and from present indications the new indvstry will soon be started and in operation. A representative of g firm in Chica- go has been making careful canvass of the farmers and others in interest of the project and a few nights ago had a public meeting in the and stated the from the ere and house, derived factory vicinity, and for school be cheese benefits to tion of a in the the target enterprise, made a creamery made himself questions concerning the The rep- resentative impression his matter under careful consideration of several good among hearers and the is interested in the all 3 complete who are The NeCess plant $5000, project. machinery equipped buildings and ary for a will cost in the neighborhood of which amount is proposed to be raised and the plant run on the co-op- erative plan, The proposed enterprise ated will the of the standard the in vicinity and more at voted to the if promulg bx means cattle tention would raising of the then be de COWS a8 money- makers than under the present circum- ances, besides other | ing towards the good The REPORTER hopes the terialize and devel ut advantages tend- the farmer, pls p into an industry the and community. of As n~ which will alike benefit town the farming Krumbine. Overseer of Poor, H. ( Strohmeier Tax Collector, Wm. Floray. Chief Burgess, John Riter. Assistant Burgess, G. W. Bushman. Town Council, 2 years, R. D. Fore man, H. W, Dinges, W. B. { For 1 year, Howard Homay. High Constable, Floray. Auditor, W. H. Bartholomew, Treasurer, H. W. Kreamer. | When the for tax i (reoryge vole counted, sprung upon the caucus that more sons in th and a careful count of the numbered forty-three, € TOOL, timber Gf Her i Irs number ol persons in AT whom ng were some boys and several township YOLers, for the Some one, 4 la, while fifty-one votes were cast three candidates for the Dave Martin, a fistful of ballots for h the hat as it thus to secure had i and his nomination. Was pass hoped This ballot box stuffing was not the We are work of a Demoerat, will not be it! such doings, lieve Democrats gui its of It was Republican who hap» ned to h found never the work of a op over and himself in ths pen. fit was a was a new recruit the fence Democrat wrong old habit and the had not fully forsaken him. Owing to the crowd 1 Lhe who attended caucus and the limited dations in the small office, ed that the caucus be hereafter h which BOCCONI Oo it was mov- one of the school rooms would more easily accommodate the The manner of voting was also under discussion, and it is necessary from the manner in which the box was stuffed. No definite plan w though the merits of several were dis but not thought feasible. A small handful of Republican hope- fuls congregated in “Tink” shop on Tuesday evening and raked and scraped all through the town and alleys for enough men to place ticket, which they called their nomi- nations. The boys worked hard to fill their ticket, and the large beads of per- as decided upon, cussed, Reesman's on a thud as they labored mentally, moral- ly and even physically to induce the slaughtered. The reporter wandered | into the room early in the evening, and finding three or four of the boys together, was of the impression that | the caucus was in session, several more came in in a bunch and they played a game of freeze-out with the reporter by firing him out in the cold, He was not of their lot and they proposed holding a secret session to adopt a platform and decide upon the issue for the day. When they got through their work was the following: Judge of Election, Gi. G. Clements, Inspector, J. W. Henney. Assistant Assessor, J. 8S. Boal, Constable, 8. H. Knepley. School Director, Dr. Wm. A. Me- Geehon. Overseer of Poor, Wm. Lohr, Tax Collector, Michael Derstine. Chief Burgess, J. A. Fleming. Assistant Burgess, 8. T. Lobaugh, Town Council, 2 years, D. W. Rey- nolds, Cyrus Goss, Samuel Shoop, ~1 year, C. F. Deininger, Auditor, J. O. Deinin ger. High Constable Russel Meyer, Treasurer, wee Not being able to find a man able to take charge of the boro exchequer they concluded not to nominate a man, which was a deserved endorsement of the present treasurer, Mr. H. W. Krea- mer. District Convention, The district convention of the Chris- tian Endeavor Society will be held in Bellefonte today, Thursday, during the day nd prening; in the Presbyter- Rebecen Detitine Wo ply wena Dress Heform i The “National Cot i i has determined to at the Exposition, Women’ the attempt to neil of employ pio) » World's Fair to iv 14 : into efiect i VOTIE { sion of th i ie ArTy cherished § FAs fy oaf ed Ql § } { Cire of dr mong the i : slat mtempiation lepresentative ‘Mansfie Ad, of Beaver, has introduced a bill inthe legislature | providing for elections on the license | question, drawn by ex-Chief Justice Agnew, provides for the first election to be held on the third Tuesday of February after the passage of this act, and every third year thereafter. The voter shall cast a bdllot containing the words ‘license’! or “no license,” to be placed in a separate box, counted and returned to the court, In the county city voting no license, the court shall refuse all applicants. In the event of a city within the county vot - ing one way the county the other, the court may grant license in thedivision voting for it, but not in the other. The act does not repeal any special law now existing which prohibits the sale of liquor, and excepts special li - cense to druggists to sell for medicinal or | purposes. Sales in districts where ma - shall jority has votéd against license | be furnished according to | law for sales without license. convicted of neglect to | duty shall bé liable and imprisonment, OfMcers perform their fo a fine of $100 mend ——— Entom hed Thousands of Years. Johns, Wilkesbarre made & remark- discovery last week. He was bor- ing down coal in his chamber when the light from his lamp fell on some- He 0 bject Joseph Colliery, able thing in the coal. and touched the and was sur- prised to find it soft and yielding. { With his pick he very carefully chip- ped off the coal all around t until the Y¥ opehe «d, stooped down cavity or chamber and there in the { frog imbedded. was ful hard coal Ly found a The put in an airtight jar. At first it showed no sign of life, frog was al once al- though it was warm, but after being in jar about six hours it began ie | the light ten hours it w as Guile as live Tp Growth of State College |\ if the board 5 5 Ort was pre m1 8040 Good Mil Proper The Centre Hall M ¥ For Sale, the best in the « Rept ng constanliy, and a comp the trade coal { runni tent parity can r desired. i eluded. and only and , siding, | «ta- be sold. rllrond selling, to If for a from for POs fow tion. Only reason | relieved from business, not i | the mil { Years. can be rented term Wp A Debt of $100,000 ] The of Bellefonte has a { debt of $100,000 which bears seven per i cent, The old seven per cent. April 1, 1563, and an made to issue borough "interest, bonds expire at- | | tempt is being four per cent. Itwould be a great re- reason why the borough bonds could | not be placed at that rate. Ea Rebersburg Institute, The Institute | also been a Rebersburg Farmers’ SUOCess, with excellent music. These Farmers’ | Institutes are the best thing out for | the farmer and other folks are just as much taken with them. The Btate Board of Agriculture is certainly ac- complishing much good. tml aman —— Dickers in Dre, The Bernard Wagner farm, east of Center Hill, was sold by Michael Strohm, executor, to H. Ross and T. Meyer, of Linden Hall for $8500. The farm contains about 300 acres The Josiah Neff farm at Centre Hill, containing 80 acres, was sold to Adam Ripka, for $4125, The farm was sold by Mr. Ed. Allison, agent. iM HS wseThiis cold weather makes heavy clothing a necessity for comfort, and the question arises where can it be pro- cured at a low figure and at the same time receive goods that are not shod- dy. Lewins, at the Philad. Branch, Bellefonre, keeps just such a line, and when's purchase is made of him satis factory returns can be relied upon. i ind around the ponds in summer. admit that and do exist, that which is 1 : : ¢ 1 Creologists cases of like nature but are i may they the of a rare discovery thie of years old and w= very animal sisands and | thousands hich has been entombed, with no communica- i tion with air, water or food for ages is quite an event. i tei — : Sunday Fuss at Denver of Denver, | do, Bunday night by the § G0, 1: 3" i | ences dismissed snd the propr rested bailed. The forced to make irrests by Rev. M. Hart, who has inaugurated a crusade BINUse- Colora- | All theaters and places f nent were closed in police, audi- 1eLOrs ur- were H. {the Epis opal church, arainst and police tis the de mil Oo nis and insists wday fi © alnuseme upon nt of the law which has dead letter. After i, a mob of about 200 surrounded Dean Hart's h and cat calling Hoe mel weretofore been a heaters close Ouse, hoot - and smashing win- A foroe after a dows with si soon arrived vith the mob succeeded in dispersing No arrests were made, the the time, Dean and his family having been friends. Wp Shocking, Neff, of Mr. Calvin Neff of Tyrone, | ployed on Tyrone division at , boarded the Tyrone | Clearfield mail train Tuesday i in order to reach his home. from the train when it reached Four. teenth street and the street being icy | he slipped and fell under the wheels and his head was cut from the body. His parents are almost wild with grief | and his many friends are shocked over | the unfortunate circumstance, SOR, of police and lively fight On the tak- | them. no i being in house at en away by (ors Mrs, was em- Tyrone and evening He jumped “on and who { scales office psc it : Splendidly Celebrated. February 22 will be a splendidly cele | brated day at State College, when the new building of the mechanic arts and sciences will be dedicated. There will bé many prominent guests present, {among them Governor Pattison and | his staff, Secretary Noble and others { of the President’s cabinet, and perhaps | President Harrison himself, Damaged oy Frost, The crop of frozen hydrants, frozen feet, frozen potatoes, frozen apples, | frozen cabbage, has been greater this winter than ever before. The frost penetrated three feet into the ground, and cellars that never knew frost be fore, were reached this time. Sn ——— Murtha Washington Tea, The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Re- formed church, will give a Martha Washington Tea on the evening of Washington's birthday, February 22, in the rooms over Harper & Kreamers store, Proceeds for the benefit of the church, Musical Convention. A convention of vocal and instru mental music will be held in the M. BE. church at Boalsburg, beginning on Monday evening, February 18, and cloging concert Friday evening, Feb- ruary 17, ————— I — A SO ——— «For warm, comfortable and ser viceable clothing, and at the sam time secure them at a low figure, go to Lewins, at the fatious Philad, Branch, Bellefonte, and you will get just the HERE AND THERE NEWE ABOUT THE TOWN AND COUNTRY. The Unfinished Link In The Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad to be Balit, {ther News, T 2e long unfinished gap in the Ty- rone and Lewisburg railrdid, lying be- county, and the Bellefonte | branch, distance of some twelve miles, is in contemplation of being commenced in the near future. When completed, as originally intended, it will make the shortest and most direct route from the main line of the Penn- sylvania railroad to the northeastern states and a shortage in distance to | New York city of fifty miles from Pitts- {| bargh. Tyrone will be largely bene- fitted in many ways by the consum- mation of this work, which is devoutly | wished and desired. This link com- | | pleted would take the people from this | direct to Tyrone, in-| stead of via Bellefonte, The | Penns. R. R. has such immense traffic that we imagine it sees the ne- cessity of completing this link in the | Lewisburg and Tyrone, in order to re- | vethe main line of some of its freight | and passenger traffic. A special freight now frequently goes over our road, and with rail connection direct to Tyrone ve may look for an increase of trains, | both passenger and freight over the L. | & T. Commissioners of the as- sessed valuation of certain town prop- erty, thereby reducing the burdens of farm property and also making an ef- a side, going west a8 now, an lie ———— ff —————— Resolutions. The by Wi Centre hereas, county, nereasing edi- had ing of the official ballols than the tors of the several county to do ti papers Therefore ed, That this Grange commend the action of the lize the real es- county. agreed 1 work. Be it heartily resoly Commissioners to equa tate assessment thie 4 i hi ¢ hearti- 1 of Commission s Grang Re solved, ly commend ers in nel mn 10 secure rates for the By order of 166, View Grange, No. A. Fair J SANKEY, Chairman. #& Thinks He Is Charley Ross “1 have I am the ley Ross so much talked about,” said Coles county, Monday. “My oss, 1 an idea that a fellow in Charleston, jil., fniane Is 0 8 Ie porter Charles Thomas must be about twenty-three years as I was about nine when I went to Brick family, [1l., fourteen years ago. away I Whittaker Louis. I as if it ridden live with the Prairie, run a big tenement in SL had a vag ue rom the then recollection had of havi been a drean Ig dreds of miles in a covered much as to lead us to believe am the lost Charley Ross.” cf ——— | & Coasting as is Coasting, +* Cfntre Hall boys and girls have the] finest coasting in the from the | top of Nittany mountain right down | into town—one mile. It an inter- | esting sight to watch a little fellow | sailing down on his sled, lying face] down—he comes sailing along with | the smoothness of a huge bird, and the | speed of a flying passenger train. No | accidents have happened yet. The | boys and girls have a happy time | when coasting is good as it has been : here all winter, and even the older folks are tempted to try the occasionally. state~ is fun | A SA SSA A Generous Act, Citizens of Bellefonte, according to the Daily Gazette did a generous act in raising sufficient funds to send editor Joe Furey to Clifton Springs, New York, for ten weeks. Joe has been in ill health for several years and local | medical aid being of no avail, being | weak and nervous in body and mind, and unable to maintain his family, it was proposed that he try the medicin- al properties of the springs, and ao- cordingly sufficient funds were raised to give him a ten week s treatment. ———— A] TUTEN OUT. Editor Tuten Cleared om the Bullock Libel Suit. The libel suit against the Bellefonte Republican was tried last week. Dur ing the early part of the trial the at- torney for the prosecutor confessed a non-suit in the case so far as Editor Tuten was concerned, and the case then devolved entirely upon the other defendant, W. H. Musser, who was found guilty of writing the libelous article which appeared in the Repub- lican. For Sale. A stock of salable merchuniios, lo- cated at Colyer's Mills. A No.1 loca tion for a store. Reason for selling, other business. For further particu. lars, call on or address, "CW. BwarTtz, No English Protest, It is learned on excellent authority that the British Government has not instructed Sir Julian Pauncefote to protest against American interference in Hawaii, as the British Government does not expect the United States to take any steps to which Great Britain would be 1igely to object. tr AY AI PASE Two Valuable Friends, 1, A physician cannot be always had. Rheu- mwatisi, Neuralgia, Sprains, Bruises and Burns Koep handy the friend of many households and the destroyer of all pain, the famous Bed Fiag Oil, 25 cents. 2. Many a precious life could be saved that is being racked to death by that terrible cough, Becure a good night's rest by investing 25 cents for a bottle of Pau-Tios, the great remedy for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Trial bottles of Pan-Tioa free at J. D. Murray's Drug Blore, sms pA A STIS Union County Deaths. In West Buffalo, on the 20th of Jan. Mr. Bamuel Kauffman, aged 80 years, 5 months and 6 days. In Mifflinburg, on the 20th of Jan, | Joshua Weisar, aged 69 years, 8 months and 3 days. tmnt — Appointed Court Crier, Ex-Sheriff Thomas A. Dunkle has been appointed Conrt Crier, in the place of the late Bartram Galbraith, who filled the office for s0 many years. re aviio “ A False Report, The report that charging State College shavior at Pine Grove Mills, is contradicted upon good authority. Glad to hear it was not correct. was circulated, students with o——————————— Latest Novelties, Latest novelties in spring clothing for men, boys, and children. The best suit in the market for men Tailoring a specialty. MonreoMERY & Co, Bellefonte, — A Ao —— A Mistake The last place to look for a mistake, i the “red tape’ it is forced to pass through before it is issued, but if A all it will be seen that by some letter R, instead of B, in the name “Columbus.” df Subseribe for Jt Reader if not asubseriber-to the Re- PORTER, permit us to ask you to sub- Not Injured, The severe winter weather has not injured the wheat crop in our county, Ee. a ————— —(3ood sugar syrup 5 cenls per Long & Co. — Table oil cloth 23 cents per yard P. Long & Co. — Eggs 25 cents, lard 9 cents at C. Long & Co. pound. for a cents at C. 3 pounds 399d mixed candy . P. 1 ong & C 0. A twostory dwelling house and Jot, at Centre Hall sta- tion is for rent. Possession given at any time. Apply to F. Kurtz, tf Prices Reduged. C. P. Long is selling winter goods at reduced prices to reduce the stock GRAIN MARKET. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SON, Barley ‘ Backwheai.... LADIES’, MISSES" ..... «++.AND CHILDREN'S COATS at great red reductions, Muffs, Clouds, Boas, FUR RUGS, TABLE COVERS. Lace and Heavy Curtains Try Hayne's wood gloss and A fine me of MEN'S NECK WEAR >
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