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THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
CEN TRE HALL, PA, THURS. MAR. 2
THE RACKET
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FAVORITI
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‘BORO AFFAIRS
AUTHORITIES.
Walks ~The Water Question—Citi.
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guilty of favoritism.
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| The Largest Land Owner in Centre Coun.
ty Passes Away at an Advanced Age,
{ his handsome residence, corner Alle-
advanced age of eighty years,
The cause of his death was a fatty
| his physician, Dr, George F. Harris
{ has been treating him for several years.
| Major Reynolds was born in Mifflin-
| ville, Columbia county, this state, in
{1813, His whole life was devoted to
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CENTRE HALLS ATTRACTIONS,
An Interesting Fight Between a Snowdrift
und sn Engine.
Reader did you ever witness a fight |
between locomotives and asnowbank ? |
A Bpanish bullfight don’t compare |
with it. |
Well, it is worth coming to Centre |
Hall to live in the winter, just to wit- |
ness such a sight. This is one of our |
winter attractions. Just above the
NEWS ABOUT THE TOWN AND
COUNTRY.
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A Romantic Story Which Culminsted in
Happiness to Two, The Smallest
Locomotive
The approach of the enlmination of
t romance took place in Bellefonte on
Miflin County Denths,
Milroy, February 16, Andrew
Hwartzell aged 67 years,
Near Granville, Pa, February 19,
Thomas McCord, in the 73d year of his
age,
At Granville, February 17, Frank A.
McCoy, aged 36 years, 4 months and
12 days.
Near Siglerville, February 17, Mrs.
David Treaster, aged 46 years, 11
the god of the elements delights to fill
up with snow every winter just to an-|
noy the locomotives and have them |
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business,
by
Was
Episco-
total eclipse iach
Satine.
wholesale price.
(i. R. SPIGELMEYER,
SHEM SPIGELMEYER, Jr.
Bellefonte, Pa,
—— Mr Adam Krumrine, of Tussey-
ville, gave the REPORTER a eall.
— Andrew Harter, of Coburn, gave
us a call, his sale will be found in the
sale list.
—— Dir, George Lee, of Madisonburg,
was in Centre Hall on Wednesday
morning.
—Mer. C, P. Gephart, of Millheim, |
dealer in musical instruments, was
in town Saturday.
We believe “The Racket” | that the council charge her for every | . :
: \ | strip of board put on the walk along | mercantile, banking and agricultural
system of business will bear the | said lot and for every shovel full of| Pursuits, and he was the owner of
closest . examination. As Ugow thrown off, while other parties Some of the best aud most profitable
kno. one price to all, and that | who own vacant lots have the entire| THA Ih b Shire COTY: Ho. usted
. | walk, repairs and snow shoveling paid | 3 le mereantlle business in Berwick,
the lowest for spot cash, is the |. of the borough funds. This matter | Pa. when a young man eighteen
rule of the store. | we heard discussed also in one of the Joa of age. Later he moved to 1 on
. { usual places where our citizens gather | " $ Where he » ns Hore extensive y
| evenings and the injustice of the fu | S81 get HY. iI SUN i
Tas {met with financial success on every
“sts JUST NOW. vee voritism alluded to in strong language. | hand .
| We informed the lady that if the] His frst Visit 10 Bellefonte was. in
. . ic | matter complained of is true, it was a 1841 i he ; doo 3 a ,
the old-time, long-winded con | wrong and an outrage that no taxpay-| t BAC IN 38 eel that place as his
cerns are telling U “cotton has riz,” |er need to submit to for a moment, | ome. In 1859 he established the
but a broad smile steals across the face | 4nd if the council is guilty of such ac | banking house of W. F. Reynolds &
of Racket buyers, as they walk through | tion they were violating their oaths. | Co., which he continued until two
their favorite store, and find piles of | pha law puts all citizens upon an | Years ago when he was succeeded
cottons plainly marked in common, | equality. No council has a right {0 | J8ckson, Crider & Hastings. He
everyday ‘““figgers' at a less price than | huild and repair walks at the boro's the Jurgen land owner in Centre Sonn
the same goods were last year. | expense to favor any pet. ty, being possessed of about thirty
JUST IN | For the information of the tax-pay-} —o 0 ) 600 000
vesnes sesese ers we here print the law and ordi-| Mujor Re r I i . of
| nance in regard towalks; there is noth-} ° Ror teynolds was a me mbes i
2440 yards of Eclipse Dress! ing in either that sanctions anything | the church and eantyibuted
Ginghams—a of high | like the wrongs above referred to. Ivers 'y 10 the erection of an
prices in this line, The act of '83, relating to boroughs,
| is as follows: ip : km :
1032 vards of Fine Black A To Lu the roads, streets, lanes, | Fast High street, and n 1870 again as.
= 2 adn . . | alleys, common sewers, public squares, | sisted in the erection of their present
It goes to U less than regular | oo mon grounds, foot walks, pave-| church building. Some years later he
| ments, gutters, culverts and drains, | built the Episcopal church parsonage
| and the heights, grades, widths, slopes, land presented it to the church. In
‘and forms thereof, and they shall have | 1579 Le presented the borough council
| all other needful jurisdiction over the with the spring from which Bellefonte
i same, and they shall have power toldraws its water supply. Politically
| survey, lay out, enact and ordain fool Major Reynolds was a Democrat, but
PERSONAL. { walks, pavements, gutters, culverts|never dought office himself. He was
{and drains, over and upon the lands | never married, but kept up a fine resi-
| abutting on and along the sides of | dence as his Bellefonte home.
| turnpike roads which may be within! The funeral took place from the
| the limits of said boroughs, and to fix | Episcopal church Wednesday after
{ the size and width thereof, and to re-| noon at 8 o'clock.
| quire the grading, curbing and gutter | Charier Rots Pa
{ing thereof, BY THE OWNER OR OW N-| . :
| ERS OF LAND RESPECTIVELY rroxt-| Charley Keller, an employe of the
| ING THEREON, in accordance with the | Atchison Saddlery company, died of
| general regulations prescribed. —Aet of | typhoid pneumonia last night, at the
Sh i residence of Mrs. Coburn, No. 504
Park street. The deceased was twen-
i ty-six years of age, and very popular
BORO ORDINANCE.
That all owners of lots, grounds, or
orther real estate in said borough, (Cen-
tre Hall) shall construct at their own | ; ; Tan
expense such pavements or sidewalks, | 8l services will occur at the English
&e. { Lutheran church at 7.30 o'clock this
No tax payer can be made to pay | evening, and the remains taken to
(any tax assessed upon him for work Mound City, Kansas, tonight, for
done on walks for other people, the burial. The deceased was a member
| law makes no distinction between im-| of the choir of the Lutheran chureh,
proved and unimproved grounds in {and has lived in Atchison about a
Auditors are elected to throw | year.—Atchison Globe, December 10.
| The deceased was a son of Henry
{ Keller, who resided at
leaving this place some'five years ago.
— Miss Dora Wingard, of Tussey-
ville, was a caller at this office on last |
Saturday.
— Miss Nellie Dale, of Lemont,
was among the visitors in Centre Hall
this week.
Miss Anna Mingle left on Tues-
day evening for Mifflinburg, where
she will attend the wedding of Miss
Margaret Gast.
' a boro,
out just such bills,
Miss Aggie | THE WATER QUESTION.
and Mrs. | The purchase of the water work's has
| rec r been urged upon our eitizens| a
pond x ontiy tho pon © P"*| The Grenoble failure is still a matter
p p J i pr sre eb ( Mn ' A= 1 4 ’ : i
the guests of Dr, ard. Lum o misrepresenta lon " mm a ug "| in law. Testimony was taken in
—Mr. Gi. B. Brandon, that accom. | ter t Mt ever contributed a pemny |squire Boal’s office, on Tuesday, pre-
modating landlord of the Brockerhoff| towards any enterprise here or e 8¢- | liminary to a new trial.
House, Bellefonte, was seen in town Where, by some men who are of no|
Monday i benefit to a community, and spend]
. > their lives as growlers at others,
—— Mrs. Adella Mott and Mrs Wm. | = a E ET ,
: ’ Since the boro election it dawned
Miller, of Bellefonte, spent Tuesday
: : upon the people that two out of one
’ amily Mr. Jamas Me- :
With the family of he nest have crept into the council as
Clenahan,
: { companion pieces of another who is
Mrs. Frank Crawford and daugh-
{ cheek -by-jowl, and the question arises
ter (irace, spent several days in Lau-| yy (his indecency. The natural in
relton visiting with Mrs. Crawford's forence is that there is some ob-
parents. They returned home Mon: jo in view. Is it to secure further
day. favoritism as to board walks? No
wJumes Hanna, a zell-known far- councilman interested in having the
mer and citizen of Georges valley, gave | boro pay for his walk or in any job,
our sanctum a call, and has a sale ad- | has a right to vote upon such a ques
vertised in another column of the Re- tion. In this case decency requires at
PORTER.
least one resignation. Some harbor
~Our old friend and former neigh-
‘the idea that certain parties expected
bor, Daniel Wion, of near Bellefonte, 10 manipulate the watet loan, get the
was over visiting old friends, and did funds at 3 per cent, and loan to the
not forget to call upon the REPORTER.
i boro for 6 per cent, or 100 per cent.
——J. P. Condo, one of Spring Mills | More than they pay. Well, that would
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handsome men, gave us a eall, and |e ® nice little speculation. Such
says he will put in his best efforts to
| things have happened before,
make the nomination for sheriff this | Who will guarantee that water
year,
works in such hands would not be al-
{ lowed to run down in a year or two, to
eT ai Be ae Potter, | disgust of the boro, next a move
citizens are not careful enough in se. | Made to sell them to the highest bid-
lecting proper men for the loeal offices, {der and the waiting sharks stand
which: is the ease 100; ready to buy them for asong? It
would simply be a repetition of the
—=Mr. James Lohr, who holds a |g, of the old Centre Hall manufaet-
position in a railroad office in Phila- uring company —which started in pros-
delp hia, arrrived in Centre Hall on |
rity, fell into bad man nt and
Wednesday and will spend a short perl y . ngemen on
disrepute, were put up at forced sale,
time with his paren ta, Mr. and Mrs. 4 ,0ked off for a trifle and every hon-
William Lohr.
. i est stockholder lost his money, and! a —— i —
—eLawyers Charley Hewes and A. others were benefited. United 1a Marriage.
J. Dale, of Bellefonte, were over here! For fear there is a nigger in neo sunday evening, 19th, Mr. Geo.
on Tuesday taking testimony in the woodpile, (and it looks like it, from!
P. V. Bank-Grenoble-Rossman-Krum- | the manner in which the council was ID wil Alles Meyer 4 beth
rine case, for another hitch in court. | jagely filled) the water works will not m or dng i op Jhateiuge ge
a ‘be sold. Perhaps in the future, when |p. « § Eisenberg, pastor of the Re-
er | councilmen are chosen who can pre-| ged church performed the cere.
Do not forget the sociable at Mr. wnt a clean bill of character covering mony.
William Wolf's residence on Satur- | their past history, and the parties y
day evening. Refreshments will be gegling for them are such as hav
eran church, Everybody is most cor of citizens, the water company will be
dially invited to be present. pleased to listen to an offer, but not
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— Miss Flora Love,
Murray, Miss Jennie Boal
Bairfoot spent Sunday in Bellefonte as
Still at Law,
This has been
a sad experience for some inno cent
some losing their all, others on
brink of the same fate. As usual, In.
nocent parties suffer, guilty ones es
cape and have some of the boodle,
“Napoleon of finance”
disaster has followed.
varnished to deceive confiding ones,
1 It is well, that while the law may not
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appears and
lic suspects who has had a hand in the
ple.
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Joseph KE. Mitchell,
This well known citizen, a resident
and postmaster of State College, died
suddenly, on last Thursday morning,
ed his death. His wife died an few
years ago. Mr. Mitchell was highly
esteemed by all who knew him, and
we always met him as a gentleman of
pleasant and agreeable manner,
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Taken II,
The many friends of Maj. Foster will
regret to learn of his illness, The Har-
risburg Patriot, 24, says:
Major R. H. Foster, who has served
in the internal affairs department un-
der Becretaries MeCandless, Africa and
Stewart was taken ill at his desk yes-
terday and removed in a carriage to
his home on Cumberland street.
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Will Move to Town,
Frank Bradford, this spring, will
start up housekeeping in our town.
He is a good citizen and is one of that
class who attends strictly to his
A Lively Time,
Samuel Black, of the south side, fa.
vored our sanctum with a bit of news,
He says they had a bull-run affair over
there the other day, in which two citi-
zens got into a Sullivan-Corbet spat
for the belt, Mr. Slack sas it was
This is just another scheme in which
the originators prove they didn't
know what they were about, as usual,
and the boro pays for their blunders.
Deunth of Mes, Garls,
Mrs, Garis, an aunt of Byron Garis,
of our town, died near Madisonburg, a
fo dan ago.
business,
Brs——
wor warm, comfortable and ser
viceable clothing, and at the same
time secure them at a low figure, go to
Lewins, at the famous Philad. Branch,
Bellefonte, and you will get just the
articles wanted. See his stock before
fight the big drift planted in their way
in the cut, It generally takes
iron horses to worst the white enemy,
jest, the snowbank invariably gets
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{ 1s played out too by the time the tus
{8el is over,
{ In fighting the drift in this cut, the
or ram when it
to tie a shoe; an you know how
maneuvre
RE
that
in.
goes forward, and with a
the drift in a manner to make the stars
fly—the snow we mean. Then
and the drift gets another whack right
about the kidneys. Thus the
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i goes on until the iron horse sounds its
ration from its brow, and goes
On re
{ Joicing.
| Is this exciting, youusk. Why yes,
it must be, for we see young America,
and old too, stand by waist-deep
snow, for hours, half frozen
in
and hun
meal or a hot stove,
In the fight
and the drift, last Thursday, one iron
horse was disabled and had to be tow-
between
ed to the office of the iron-horse doe-
tor at Bunbury for treatment.
see the iron-horse battle with a
drift. Certainly, Centre Hall has it
altractions,
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wonderful for its coasting
did water works, the CexrTre Reron-
TER, and-—them other fellows,
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A Farmer Vooled
John
farmer, sold his farm five weeks ago to
Newburn, a Lawrence county
a stranger, who paid’ $200 down as a
| guarantee, The
ered month
deed was to Le deliv.
A few inter
Newburn, told
was in the natural gas
ina
another
him his farm
day
man called on
tor bound himself to pay $10,000 more
ithan the first
purchaser had offered,
{he meant business, Three days later
ithe first purchaser appeared with the
| money to pay for the farm. Newburn
i made overtures to back out, but the
buyer was inflexible. Newburn
to*take $3,000 and
of the
{the first buyer
Newhurn
let
The
him out deal,
is still looking for®he other fellow who
was to pay the advance of $10,000,
There are folks who think it smart if
i they can swindle a farmer, and think
Hit a eredit
| denounced
These scamps should be
by every honest
| whether farmer or uot.
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i How Mingle Succeeds,
to bring about in
Mingle has relied on but one method
| That one
profits,
would be foolish for selling
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selling good goods at
at
{ lish a trade.
one pair of shoes, no more, But by
i He is selling today more boots, shoes,
| slippers and rubber goods than ever
| before, and he is selling to the best peo-
{ple in the county. Everything
{ marked as low as it could be. When
| you want shoes don’t mise Mingle's
| shoe store, Bellefonte,
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Cut His Foot.
{| On Saturday last while John Gregg,
{son of Col. Andrew Gregg, living a
| short distance west of town, was en-
gaged in chopping wood the axe
glanced off’ the stick and struck his
foot, cutting an ugly gash about three
inches in length, the effects of which
will keep him confined to the house
for some time,
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Will be a Candidate.
W. J. Carlin, esq., of Rebersburg,
has opened the ball for the '93 cam-
paign by announcing his name in
another column of the REPORTER as a
Democratic eandidate for the nomina-
tion for Register. He is qualified.
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Communion Services,
The Lord's supper will be adminis
tered in the Presbyterian church at
this place, next Sunday morning at
is
\irday morning at ten o'clock.
Holding Services.
Rev, Minnich started services in the
Methodist church at this place on
Monday evening, which will be con-
tinued during the eutire week. Come
orphang’ court of Centre county issued |
marriage leense No, 2457 to Mr John
W. Mills and Mrs. Annie R. Hoff:
had but that |
never seen coach other,
marry. Mr. Mills is a prosperous flor-
Through the medi-
Hoffman, a widow,
burg, Union county, Pa., whose hus-
band died in The correspond-
warmer turn than mere
friendship and Mr. Mills proposed mat-
rmnony
1885.
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He came on to Pennsylva-
to meet Brs. |
Hoflinan at Garman’s hotel Thursday |
of |
nia, having arranged
afternoon. Owing lateness
the trains Mr. Mills was delayed some-
what but he arrived before six o'clock |
fo the
and found the lady with whom he had |
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been corresponding, awaiting him, |
two interested persons Were so
pleased with each other that Hoesen
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applied for shortly
The
evening,
ceremony took place that same
May the lives
thus roman-|
tically brought together, be spend ini
peace and prosperity for years 1o core
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The Sinalliest Locos
Henry Ua
thie
iolive,
see, who lives {ilovers |
designer builder and own |
L oeomotive
He
he spare
the smalles ever |
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run by steam,
World's Fair,
fifteen years has been spent in|
constructing and perfecting this
motive,
While
enginect
the engine
ana reme
put their heads out and in
windows and the whistle
T
ireular
0 OW i engi
Po
With
nds
tender 12 inch
ox; height, 38 inches; guage of
diameter of eylinders, 5-161
fan inch; stroks piston inch
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1-16 of
stroke of valve an inch; diame- |
i diame
ter of drive wheels, inches
is inch
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The materials us n this midget
locomotive are
Ther
sCrows, |
1 fe § y
Seyi RIIVEr, sloel
and brass, ex.
pieces,
clusive of rivet Gr
$11
in all 2536 pieces
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Hard to Beat
Jumes Cassidy, urwensville,
lumbar
; for
twenfy and found in
that time he had cut 240,0000,000 feet of
This all eut in
id county, and floated down |
LE
inty, ran
man, recently reviewed his books
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YOArs
timber, lumber was
swranch of the Busquehanna.
Mr. Cassidy is no extraordinary opera- |
He is but among hundreds |
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who have slashed at the great]
tor,
one
away
been wrought |
within a single lifetime.
We should like some Centre county!
a record to the!
RerorTER that can beat the above.
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Don't Bite At This i
send
One of the latest swindles practiced |
in this part of the country is an adver- |
It reads |
“Cut thisout and send $2.50 |
beautiful steel
like this:
and you will receive a
government and is an exact copy of
the work of one of the great masters,”
Some man from Gordon answered it,
and received in return a Columbian |
postage stamp. A great many people |
have been victimized in this way. |
Look out for it.—Ashland Telegram. |
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No Graded School, i
We understand the school board has
receded from its purpose to build a)
new school house at Centre Hill, with |
two rooms, one to be fora graded
school. The large opposition through- |
out the township fo such a project has |
induced the board to drop it. A new |
Hill with one room, of the regulation
style.
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Ped Near Zion,
Henry Showers, age 62 years died
Friday night at his home near Zion,
the cause of his death was typhoid
fever and was sick only a week. He
leaves a wife and six sons, two of
whom are married.
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Will Move Near Bellefonte,
Daniel Royer, farmer near Madi-
sonburg, will move on a farm near
Bellefonte in the spring, and took
part of his flitting over this week.
Your Children Born ut Ones,
Mrs. Thomas Schlicher, of Allens
town, wife of a motorman on the
bet mmm
Deaths,
A one-year old child of Daniel. Kor-
man, of Haines township, died last
week,
On the 12th inst., Charles David, in-
ser, of Penn Hall, aged 1 year and 6
days.
On the 18th inst., Virgie Ray, infant
daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Stiger,
of Green Brier, aged 11 months.
February 10, in Sugar Valley, Jacob
Bheetz, aged 72 years.
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For Sale,
The well-known Red mill property,
of Centre Hill,
will be gold on reasonable terms, or in
exchange for farm property.
4 tivo. M. HARTER.
one mile south-east
oe ff ro
Have Declined
declined in
eight or ten
looked for.
accounts for
Outs been
The prospect ahead
Wheat and earn have
the
rise
in past
whi re
The great st
hii ‘54
thi jr
holding its own.
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farmer just how,
in Whe
kon hand
it jee, hus
for vom
for the
prices is not very flattering
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Latest Novelties,
Latest novelties in spring clothing
and children
best
Thu uit in the market for men
Tailoring a specialty.
MoxrtcoMenry & Co.
Bellefonte
a - -_
For Rent
woesstory dwelling house and hot
Hall
given
afl Centre
Possession
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BUriz.
Musical College.
May int,
tal Masie.
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For
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Freeburg, Pa.
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GRAIN MARKET.
ED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & BON
PRODUCE AT STORES,
Butter
PARE 00s ine
fard
shold
Ham
Tallow
Folatoes
sides,
re
LADIES’, MISSES".....
«++..AND CHILDREN'S
COATS
at great reductions
Muffs, Clouds, Boas, Leg
gins and seasonable goods in
FUR RUGS, TABLE COVERS.
[Lace and Heavy Curtains
the little sash draperies.
Try Hayne's wood gloss and
ve money.
vit
A thine line of
MEN'S NECK WEAR
Night Shirts, Etc.
Carmans.
SALE REGISTER. :
MARCH 2.1, A. Bveatwood, at | o'clock, oa
tm how west of Spring Mills, horses, oxitie, w:
hold goods, ere.
MARCH 18 Tey W, Barts, ai ¥ 0 clock, “%
mile north of Peon Hall, 4 hoses, 1 cows, Yahep
brplments harass, «ie 4
MARCH 15-8. F. Arney, al 9.9 o'clook, 13
Mies east of Gutiire Hall. 3 horses, 4 cows,
oes, 16 sheep, farm mploments, wagons, Rooke
hold goods ete,
March 16, Andrew Harter, near Cobain, horses,
vider. and all Kind a si, mower erring ne
witb or, Bk A inde of other Im
bousebiold gods, i
MARCH 17. D. ©. Keller, 2 miles enst of Centre
Hall, horses, tows, sheep, fara implements, wag:
ons, harnose, ousehobd goss, ele,
MARCH 18 William Gondbart, al Farmers
Mii, at 10 o'clock, horses, onite sheep, Tere fm.
plements, binder, hares, homehold goods, ete,
MARCH 21M. % Hetiloger, at Farmers Mil
horee, cows, 1m plemonm, boushold good hy
e, wih
MARCH 22. ~E. MM. Huet, at Spring ils,
horses, cows, you ithe, sheep, fare
monty, wagons h - Noo goods, ere,
MARCH 28. -Johy, I. Odenkirk. at OM Fort
al o'clock, 6 homes,
imac, Jari —
MA
head sheep,