THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, EDITCR AND PUBLISHER.
CENTRE HALL, PA, THURS. MAY 25,
THE RACKET
Largest assortment Kid gloves.
Largest assortment New Dress
Goods.
Largest
Trimmings.
Largest assortment
Jackets
Largest assortment Cloaks for
the Baby.
Largest assortment Silk Ties.
Largest assortment Silk Gloves
and Mitts.
Largest assortment of Hosiery
assortment Dress
Spring
and Capes
Largest assortment M uslin Un-
derwear.
Largest assortment Gauze Un-
derwear.
assortment
Largest Child's
Lace Caps.
Largest assortment of Ribbons.
Largest assortment of Novelties
Largest assortment of Shoes.
Largest assortment of Every-
thing at the Lowest Prices,
U will Bellefonte,
Kom and C.
(;. R. SPIGELMEYER,
QE EM SPIGELMEYER, JI.
Bellefonte, Pa
find in
PERSONAL.
——
——Miss Tacy Kreamer is visiting
friends in Bellefonte.
— Noah Cronemiller, of Bellefonte
spent Sunday in Centre Hall among
friends.
Misses Nellie and Mary Dale, of
Lemont, were guests at the home of
Mr. J. C. Boal.
Mis. Martha Odenkirk visited
with friends in Mifflin county several
days this week.
—Mr. W. T. Speer,
candidate for Treasurer, was in town
Monday building his fences,
——Our townsman, Michael
tine, is confined to his
rheumatic and other troubles.
——Prof H. F. Bitner, of Millersville
Normal, spent Sunday with his fath-
er-in-law, Mr. J. D. Murray.
—Rev. H. C. Baskerville
several daysin Washington this week,
attending Presbyterian Assembly.
Jerry Miller took a trip to Jean-
ette, Pa., on Monday, with the view of
purchasing a barber shop in that
place.
Miss Carrie Harper, of Belle
fonte, and Mrs. Sparr, of Boalsburg,
spent several days with the family of
Simon Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer Derstine,
of Lewistown, arrived Tuesday even-
‘ ing and will spend some time with
Mr. Derstines parents.
—PDruggist Murray started his so-
da fountain on Saturdsy, and he had
a motley crowd of youngsters around
all day, having dispensed the fizz beer
to them.
Rev. 8. H. Deitzell, of Tassey-
viile, graduated from the Theological
Seminary at Lancaster, and has re
turned to his home. He has been give
en a call and is considering accepting
it.
——The announcement of G. W.
Rumberger, of Philipsburg, for Treas
urer, appears in this issue cf the Re-
rorTER. Mr. Rumberger has been
before the people of Centre county for
several years, and is deserving of their
consideration,
—Rev, J. M. Runkle, who has
lately been elected pastor of the Re
formed congregation at Mechanics
burg, is spending a few days with his
mother at Spring Mills. Rey. Run-
kle is an able young man, and they
have made a good choice.
Mr. and Mrs. John Arey de
last Wednesday evening for
Chicago, where they will take in the
sights at the World’s Fair. They ex-
to remain in Illinois several
months, dividing their vime between
the Exposition and friends in the
state. .
eM, and Mrs. E. M. Huyett and
daughter, left on Saturday for the
home of Mrs. Huyetts parents, at
Wernersville, Pa. Mr. Huyett return-
ed to Centre Hall on Monday evening,
and since has been keeping bachelor
te. Mrs. Huyett will remain
at her home for some time.
" In 6 Jetier to the REPORTER of
fice we learn that John Harkins, of
Orafino, Nebraska, is on his way east
and will land in Centre Hall shortly.
John was a native Centre Hall boy,
and left for the west some twelve or
fifteen years ago, but our readers have
Democratic
Ders-
room from
spent
not yet forgotten him, and will wel
FELIX BURKHOLDER ENDS HIS
LIFE BY DROWNING
A Prominent Citizen of Centre Hill Com.
mits Suicide by Jumping Into a Cls-
tern and Drowns Himself,
Mr. Felix M. Burkholder, a promi-
nent and highly esteemed citizen of
Centre Hill ended his earthly career
on Wednesday morning by jumping
down into the cistern and drowning
himself in about three feet of water,
The startling information when first
spread created no little stir and excite-
ment in the vicinity, many expressing
regrets at his untimely end and the
manner in which Mr. Burkholder
committed his self destruction.
Last fall Mr. Burkholder was taken
condition, but with proper attention
and care he recovered somewhat. Af
ter his illness he began complaining
of severe stomach troubles, suffering
severely with dyspepsia. Under med-
ical attendance his trouble did not
improve, and he suffered much from
the disease,
when he suffered greatly.
those three days he did not feel able to
leave his bed until late in the day and
his kind and affectionate wife
tered carefully to his wants,
the last few
minis.
weeks he seemed to be
suffering under a great mental strain,
and always being a bard working man
and provident father
brooded much over his inability to at-
tend his business of
He spoke
and husband,
selling
implements. to his wife
feared shoul
he
tion and greatly
come to want if
work.
The last week he seemed
they
was unable to
more mo-
except in reply to a remark addressed
direet to him, yet little inference
taken from these actions that he
harboring thoughts of his self destrue-
tion, and it was supposed by his fami-
Was
was
more severe than before.
On Wednesday morning Mré, Burk-
holder arose before six o'clock, leaving
her husband in bed,
and prepared breakfast for her family
When breakfast was ready she went
Mr.
she
and went down
Burk-
asked
upstairs to the bedroom.
holder had not yet risen,
him if she should prepare him
oatmeal, and he gave his assent.
Mrs. Burkholder to
kitchen and began preparing the
her breakfast,
The family sat down to breakfast,
in about flve minutes they heard
trap door of the cistern drop.
tern is built
returned the
onl.
husband's
men! for
and
The cis
in connection with tl
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house. No pump is used, and the cis-
tern is closed Ly a trap door.
The noise of the trap falling
alarmed Mrs. Burkholder, fearing her
fie
went to tiu
cisters, but did not find her husband
there. Nhe sent her daughter to
the bed room, but returned
the startling information that the bed
was empty and she could not find her
father.
Mrs.
door
husband would expose himself in t
cold air, and she at once
up
Sis "
sho wilh
Burkholder then mised
saw that the water was agitated and
in motion, and her fears that her hus-
band dropped a reality.
The cistern was dark and she was un-
in became
able to see anything but the surface of
the water. She procured a long stick
and by stirring around in the walter
located the body of her husband. Mr.
jurkholder had arisen from bed while
his family was at breakfast and gone
down stairs, raised the trap door and
jumped in, closing the door after him.
He had dressed in pantaloons and
shirt, with no shoes or stockings on,
and being compelled to use a pair of
erutches owing to having only one leg,
into the water.
The children began to scream when
it was discovered that their father had
fallen in the water, but Mrs. Burkhol-
der, with great presence of mind, sent
them for the neighbors, who hastily
came. The cistern is twelve feet deep
and had only about three feet of water
in it
Mr. John Slack, of Tusscyville, hap-
pened to be driving past the house and
he was made aequainted with the af-
fair and at once went in but being
alone was unable to rescue Mr. Burk-
holder. Other neighbors among whom
were Adam Smith, Jas. Sweetwood,
and John Beaver soon came, but they
were unable to get him out of the wa-
ter until about one hour after he jump-
ed in, when Byron Garis, who Is
working at Centre Hill ventured dow n
and succeeded in lifting the body out
of the water and placing*a strap around
it, when it was hoisted out. Owing
to the body having lain in the water
for such a length of time, life was ex-
tinet, and it was useless to attempt
resuscitation, and the body was placed
in the hands of an undertaker to pre-
pare it for burial. A slight cut at the
corner of the mouth from which blood
oozed was the only mark or brulse
shown.
All circumstances of the affair tend
townrd a case of purely suicide, and
having been done during s temporary
aberation of mind, wrought by the
" which he suffered. Mr,
Burkholder was a man aged over fifty
years, and was the father of five chil-
dren, one daughter and four sons, all
of whom are living, along with his
distracted wife. He was a successful
business man, and had gathered to-
gether a snug little fortune, making it
always a point not to owe any man a
cent. For years he had been engaged
in the capacity as agent for farming
implements and was most successful.
In his boyhood, he met with an acci-
dent, on the leg, which had to be am-
putated at the thigh.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence at Centre Hill, on Fri-
day morning at nine o'clock. Inter-
ment will be made at Tusseyville. Mr.
Burkholder was a professed Christian,
member of the Reformed
church, and had always lived the life
of a consistent and conscientious man,
being a
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STATE COLLEGE COMMEN(
'EMENT.
Programme of the Commencement Exer-
clses, June 11-13, 1863,
The at
| State College will be held on the week
| beginning June 11, to 14th. The fol-
{ lowing is the program for the week.
10.30 a. m. Bacca-
| laureate sermon, by the Rev. Merritt
commencement exercises
| Bunday, June 11,
| Hulburd, D. D., of Philadelphiag
Monday, June p. m., Annual
| Inter-class Athletie contest; 8 p. m.,
3 9
a
| Junior Oratorical contest,
| Tuesday, June 13, 8.30 a. m., Annual
of the Alumni
{0.45 a. m., Artillery salute; 10 a. m.,
| Annual meeting of Trustees; 12 m.,
| Alumni dinner (in the Armory; 2 p.
m.. Meeting (in room No. 121) of dele-
{gates and Alumni to elect Trustees; 5
{meeting Association;
| p. m., Exhibition drill of State Col-
8 p. m. Annual address
| before the Alumni by the Hon. Chas.
| Emory Smith, late Minister Plenipo-
{ tentiary to Russia; 9.11 p. m.,
{ tion in the Armory by the faculty.
Wednesday, June 14, m.,
| Graduating Exercises of the class of
lege { ‘adets:
lecep-
2.50 a.
‘U5.
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| DeGarmo,
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Commencement Address, by Charles
LL. D., President of
warthmore College.
| An of candidates for
admission will be held at the College,
examination
Thursday, June 15, at 9 o'clock a.
A
Tuesday, September 12, beginning at
mi.
second examination will be
the same hour.
ws will
st, at Philadelphia,
Harrisburg and Scranton.
Times and places will be announced in
Local examination
about September 1
Pittsburg,
the local papers two weeks in advance.
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A Centre Co Contractor Gels It
Col. D. K. Tate, of Bellefonte, has
the new First ward school building to
l.ock Haven. There
were quite a number of home bidders,
but Mr. Tate's bid fell far below any
His bid for erecting the
we erected
in
of the others,
go Fesr £1
$=, 0K0 for Lhe
old building. Thus
i the actual of the building
will be just $13,541. The other build-
ers naa rule asked to be paid for tear
pay
cost
new
ing down the old court house, and few,
if any of them, ever thought of buy-
ing the structure and tearing it
themselves,
down
Col. Tate is probably one
known contractors in this
He has had the
contract for erecting many of the best
buildings in Centre county.
of the best
seetion of the state.
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A Similar Order Would Sait Centre Hall
Burgess Bhallenberger, of Braddock,
| has issued an order to the police to ar-
rest any person selling the Harrisburg
Telegram. He says the paper comes
J .
literature. A similar
order from Burgess Rider would meet
with hearty approval in Centre Hall,
for the Telegram is undoubted ly the
most scurrilous sheet that
town, and it does more injury with
one issue than all the papers in Centre
| county put together could do in one
year,
tion of obscene
comes to
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Plums Fall te Centre County.
The following postmasters were ap-
| pointed on Saturday for Centre coun-
ty: Axemann, Henry Moyer; Fied-
ler, J. M. Weaver; Hublersburg,
| George F. Hoy; Linden Hall, J. W.
| Keller: Madisonburg, U. B. Schaeffer:
| Rock Springs, C. D. Miller; Spring
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| Mills, William Pealer.
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Room for More,
Some new business enterprises are
in contemplation here. We have
room for any and a favorable location
in many important respects, with a
large proportion of our people to wel
come such, the ferninst element has
dwindled down.
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Odd Names,
A small stream in Armstrong coun
ty is called Garlic run, says the Clear
field Raftsman's Journal, Clearfield
county has a Whiskey run acd a
Stinky run and Jefferson county has a
Poleeat run. A pretty strong combi
pation could be made if the four runs
were to come together,
Fine Footwear,
For boots and shoes go to Mingle's
shoe store, Bellefonte. He carries a
high grade of footwear for ladies, gen-
tiemen and children, which cannot be
equaled by any dealer. The very best
the market aftords is to be found there.
GOLD! GOLD!
RECENT DISCOVERY MADE
PENN TOWNSHIP,
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It's Yellow, snd If it's Not Iron Pyrites, it's |
Gold, —A "49 Excitement In
the Heglon,
western section of Penn township,
near the banks of classic Penn's creek,
on the Gentzel farm, recently occu-
pied by jolly Dan, Gentzel, of Potters |
Mills,
A company of Shamokin capitalists,
nine in number, have leased the farm, |
and sunk a shaft. The rock is black |
and slate-like and the sample shown |
at the Rerorrer office, is full of little i
yellow cubes, that look for all the
world like iron pyrites, a combination |
of sulphur, copper, iron, ete, but ex-|
perts declare it's gold. |
A gold mine in Centre county and
in Penns valley, six miles from the]
EroRTER office, what a find that |
would be! Imagine the millionaires |
it would create right at home here, |
and the bonanza kings that would |
sport around, setting coal oil Johnny i
in the shade twenty times over,
Let the Shamokin company of capi-
low and shiny?
and swear it's gold even if it Is
passes his opinion.
mens of the quartz and pretend
their opinion that it
dollars in silver and $1.90 in
the ton.
gold
tion.
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SUDDEN DEATH,
burg
Patterson, a young man aged about
to church, from heart disease.
tof Col.
with the intention of attending ser-
vices in the church. He had been in
Don’t
Miss
This.
Spring and summer
blue ¢
double breasted,
5, 6 and 8.00.
3.50 to 15.00.
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The Best Wearing
the Douglas.
5.00. Forboys, 1
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50, 3, 4+ 9,
clothing for men and
mixed cheviot,
breasted. Kough
mixed:
> SO 11
p to 8.00.
to very finest at 4.00,
s suits, latest New York
Men's suits, from
Shoes 2. World
for men; every
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5
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S053. 3. 30)
- os S : dn unir\d
Allegheny St.,
Bellefonte, Pa.
| expired almost instantly. Heart
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| man’s sudden untimely
and
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| He Eloped.
Union county has been furnishing
{its quoto of elopements the last month,
{ and the staid old town of Lewisburg
| has hardly recovered from one sensa-
{ tional episode until it is thrown into
| the throes of another. The last and
| most sensational was that of Dr. Eyer
| Walter, proprietor of a drug store,
{old daughter
| Selinsgrove. He drew all his money
| from the bank and skipped out with
his paramour with $6,000 in his pocket.
His wife in Lewisburg will make no
efforts to secure his return.
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Hay Making.
All the weather prophets agree that
the period of haymaking this season
will be full of embarrassment, because
May and June will be marked by rains
if not as copious as those of April, they
will still be of a character to make far-
mers avail themselves of ail the clear
dry days to get in their hay with all
the dispatch possible. It is believed
now that the hay erop will be wmder
the average of product.
fin
To Make Arrangements.
A public meeting of the citizens of
Centre Hall and vicinity is called for
Friday evening in the G. A. R hall,
above Murray's drug store, to complete
arrangements for Decoration Day
services. The ladies are especially in-
vited to attend and unite with the Gu
A. R., and by ilicir labors and atten.
tion make full arrangements. The
time for the meeting is set at about
half past seven o'clock. All are invi-
ted to attend. o>
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Insurance Bil Vetoed,
Governor Pattison on Tuesday ve-
toed the house bill to regulate the lia-
bility of insurance companies. He op-
poses the bill because it would make
companies liable for the whole amount
of the insured value of buildings de-
stroyed, and says that the only safe
rule is that companies should not be
liable for any greater sum than the
actual loss caused.
A ——————— MM A SAAS
Not in Good Condition,
The township roads are not in the
best condition. When will we have
that wished-for refrm in romd mak-
ing? The pike Is not in apple-pie or-
der either. Get your roads in good or-
der, there is no telling when the In-
fanta Eulalie will be along, and carry
the news back to Spain that we keep
bad roads in America.
———— osname ©
we Lsowins, Bellefonte, take the lead
in sults for men and boys. Nothing
A Tiny Boy Bibs
Mrs. Alfred Grant, of Toms River,
is the mother of a week old boy baby
| which weighs only a pound and a
| half. Its legs are no bigger than its
| mother's thumb,
| but little larger than her little finger.
| It is healthy, and, outside of its mar-
| velously small size, is all that its po-
| rents could wish for. The father
| rather a large man and the mother is
of medium size.
while its arms are
is
ei im
800 Pair of Stockings Given Away!
For two days only, Friday and BSat-
urday, May 26 and 27 we will give to
every person who buys an amount of
not less than seventy-five cents, a bi
cent pair of stockings, fast black, the
best quarter hose in town. We give
this opportunity to more thoroughly
introduce our extra hosiery.
Only Friday and Saturday.
MevERs BAZAAR, Bellefonte, Pa.
No. 12 Spring st.
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Drowned Man Found,
The body of Budd Reed, one of the
men drowned four weeks ago in the
river at Lock Haven by the upsetting
of a steam soow during a storm, was
found last Friday. The bodies of the
other two men drowned at the same
time have not yet been found and are
supposed to begin the log jam at the
boom. The body was in good state of
preservation and was easily identified.
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Great Advantages:
You will not make a mistake by
calling at the Philad. Branch, Belle
fonte, for clothing for men, boys and
children, They will give you greater
satisfaction for your money than any
other dealer. Unusual bargains will
be given. Give them a trial.
Death of An Intant.
The infant child of Mr. Ivy W.
Bartges died at Spring Mills on Satur-
day and was buried on Monday, Rev.
Fischer officiating at the services, Mr.
Bartges' wife died several months ago,
and he is again afflicted by the death
of a child.
They Are Scarce,
The bronge cents of the year 1877
have become so scarce that coin deal-
ers pay 4 premium on them. They
are the only ones of the cents issued
since the war that have anything more
than their face value,
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Musical College.
The Summer Term opens July 24th,
in Voeal and Instrumental music.
For catalogues address Henry B. Moy-
er, Freeburg, Pa. st
f wo stylish or better made,
ule so stylish, we. Call
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A Uholee Selection of Wall Paper.
J. 8. Dauberman & Son have a fine
selection of wall paper on hand; all
the different grades from to
make a good selection, and at reason-
Persons
which
able prices. desiring to do
papering this spring will do well to
inspect their stock before going else
where. Their stock is not to be excell
od,
GRAIN MARKET,
OORRECTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & SON
Wheat
Rye
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BOOK OBOE ccs ccivcons sursrssrsonssssrssty sssmmsns urns
PRODUCE AT STORES,
iard ire——
Shoulders ..... -
Bam oon.
Tallow
Potsloes,
Bide. cooiniiinsns
Pins, 2¢, Needles, Sc, tops,
ic, Coat’s Cotton, 4c, Ammon
ia, 10¢, Sewing Machine Oil,
sc, Mucilage, 5c, 7x11 Slates,
4¢, usual price 10c, Dictionary,
for Sc, worth 20¢c, 3 Cakes
Buttermilk Soap, 25c¢, 10c fora
single cake.
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Dress Goods in beautiful
styles with Plaid and Figured
Silk to combine.
Lace Curtains as low as [60¢
a pair. Nothing less wouldn®t
be worth talking about.
Silkaline, dozers of styles
from 4c to 14¢. Jap Art Goods
for cushion, eic. ne
Handsome China Silk from
| Soc up.