—— FRED, Rugrz, CENTRE Hawt ra." TrvRe Jury 13. THE RACKET No. 9 Crider's Exchange, AS OTHERR SEE US, “1 travel all over the U. B Can say for me and | mean it too, Ba I never anywhere.” THIS IMMENSE STOCK ly is at your service. Eight well-irained exper fenced clerks to wait ou you re twelve to fourteen on Saturdays, busy, gives yoa an idea of the that pass over our counters daily, You get such value for your money anywhere in other expenses in making alrip to the pPounty | Seat, out of the savings, in making your necessary purchases, Retailing Goods at . . . . . . . . * » . Is the Racket idea in a nutshell. + That 1t is done here every day, is yond dispute. How it is done and | with what success, we'll tell U Later On! (i. R. BPIGELMEYER, SHEM SPIGELMEYER, Jr. Jellefonte, PERSONAL. —— Miss Hoy, of New Berlin, guest of Miss Anna Mingle, Mr. Homer O. Barr, of Jeanette, is the Miller. —James Snyder, of Freeport, Ill. on a visit to his parents. —Henry Miller, of Rebersburg, hotel during the 4th. — Miss Grace Lukenbach, of Belle- | fonte, Centre Hall the past week. of town for several days past. — Moses Richard, who is working at the carpenter trade in Altoona, ame home to spend the Fourth, ~— Mrs. C. M. Bower, of Bellefonte, and Mrs. Sarah Shaffer, of Aaronsburg, were the guests of D. J. Meyer, on Sat- urday. Miss Jennie Kreamer left Wednesday on an extended visit of | several weeks to friends at Lock Hav- en. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Williamsport, have been the home of Wm. Wolf, past week. —Mrs. Flora Bairfoot, who had been spending several weeks with relatives in Philadelphia, returned home last week, ~Miss Mable Zeigler, of Millheim, and"Miss Eva Groover, of Lock Haven during the past week, guests of their friend Fischer —Mr. A. H. Rothermel, two weeks’ visit in Centre Hall, the guest of Chris Murray, returned to his Smith, visiting during the oO Miss Marion ing. Miss Flora Love departed last Wednesday on a trip to Pittsburg and Sidney, Ohio, visiting friends and rel- atives, weeks, ~Mrs. Andy her daughter, Mrs, Montandon. MeCormick, at elor's apartments, Mr. J. town, Md., C. Kieffer, of Hagers- Chris. H. Murray. W. L. Kurtz, of Berlin, Pa., ar- with his parents. He had just return- | States in the interests of his pulley. —D. G. Snyder, Geo. English, J. G. Beller, Geo. K. Fegley, of Shamo- party who spent several days camping | on Btone Creek, and came out with 860 trout. ~Rev, W. K. Foster was a visitor in town yesterday, remaining but one day. With his family he has just re turned from a two weeks’ visit to the World's Fair and is on his way home to Mechanicsburg. we fox-county Tressurer Charles Smith, of this county, who has been undergoing treatment in a Philadel- phia hospital for the past few months, returned to Lis home in Bellefonte last week. Mr. Bmith is one of the ‘best citizens the town of Bellefonte can boast, and it is hoped he will soon be completely restored to health, weJohn Harpster arrived Monday morning, being called home by the ill- ness of his mother. John is one of the old Centre Hall boys, and Is now lo- cated at Freeport, Illinois, where he is conducting a large and prosperous tailoring establishment. He has been absent for about six years, and finds om WAS | PROBABLE SUICIDE AT THE HOTEL | ON THE 4TH. lw m. J, Cox, of Bellefonte, Dies From Nar. cotie Polson Supposed to Have Been Administered by His Own Hand, IT SUICIDE ? Hall train who Among the visitors to Centre to arrive on the 7.086 morning { from Bellefonte, was a man { once proceeded to the hotel and i as “W, J, Cox, Lock Haven, Pa.” | stated to Clerk Harvey Miller that { was feeling unwell and | signed a room, saying that he | to lie down for a while Miller gave him No. 11, which he paid 25 cents in advance. He shown to the room and no further tice was paid the except than was necessary by a tour | spection made every hour through all { parts of the honse, Cox left the { once during the forenoon, and went { down stairs for a short time, Before going back he went into the office | and inquired of Clerk Miller if he had forfeited the right to y leaving it. On receiving a reply in the | he returned again. { The man had been drinking | enough simply to detect it upon and rest. Mr. for Wits 1no- man, more of in- room and his room | | negative, slightly, him. | the management that no depredations committed of man lying | or nuisances would in i the room. The rounds mnspect | always showed the ion (uit ty he 1. During the Miller passed the the snoring 1 jon his bed, or sleeping, and { the house no coneet fternoon Clerk i i and Cox was lying on rool bed sleep i ling g heavily and oudly. i | room « wontained two beds, { the other bed was a man { The men were not disturbed, an { Miller returned to the office. About six o'clock word was | the office that i11, the alarmed som 8 nan was dying labori reat hix ng One pas physician was at once { Drs, | i the $i a fF 11s oflice, ‘merick ane HESS OT and he i the call, { { Jacobs and The | nized tl three ph i Case t i i prompt the I k wher Save f o’eloe by oles {o'el physicians adn onsel {and they at on Hinistere jO i atives to the umn Was man, bu i was bx yond medical assistance, shortly rafter 8 o'clock ently taken su { Cox had evid ! | ful narcotic, as al science | and medical Squire Boal was death and at the rif § £6, an HNL an those room and selected Jo | W. Henney, Howard Ho ; Wolf, t yrus Brungart, { and W. J. Carlin, of dict elled a jury fre of Millhein. : Rebersburg, tor turn a ver | death. Ti J bu which was ides as that of W, . of Belle ang repaired to tl Squire's office, where evidence heard James Bay: rd, sworn, and t him that he i Bellefonte again, Cox “al intended he (Bay- Conte i wall vi al and sald hie but that the {him a taking the co {ard were, i Soyder Tate tified that ¢ mtents, was not aware what was sworn, and he t had offered him 50 main in the ox had told him he had tak- en lasudanum, and intended | ting suicide. Cox referred {| Derstine to substantiate his taking t laudanum. Drs, Jacobs and Mees | tified that the symptons | that death had been caused by | powerful narcotic, similar in effect that caused by opium or laudanun:, The jury de Jiberated the following verdict ‘ox cents per hour to re room and that ( commits Wm. he to shon both tes. all showed some to} taken | 1803, | An inquisition tndente d and i at Centre Hall, Pa, on July 4, {| before me J, CC, Boal, Peace, acting as Coroner, view of the body of Cox, then and there dead, upon the oaths of Spangler, J. W. Wolf, Howard man, W. J. Carlin, C. Brungart, J. W, Henney, good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn to inquire, on the part of the Commonwealth, when, where, how and after what manner the said Wm. Cox came to his death, do say that he died, July 4th, 1863, from unknown causes, supposed to Br from a mixture of oplum, with suicidal intent, accord. ing to the evidence. The body was taken to Bellefonte that night by undertaker Harris, and was interred the following Thursday afternoon, All evidence and circumstances con. nected with the case show that Cox had committed suicide by taking laud- anum. Several days after Landlord Bartges found a two-ounce vial labled laudanum, in the yard beneath the room occupied by Cox. Cox had evi- dently emptied the bottle of its con tents and then threw in out the win. dow into the yard, where it was found. The bottle had been purchased at Mur. ray’s drug store, but Mr. Murray does not remember having sold the man any laudanum, as there had been seve | eral sales made that day of the drug. won the William lying ohn u | Se veral 1 drops yet remain in the bottle, {and if Cox had taken the contents of | this bottle, his death was caused by an | overdose of lnudanum administered { by his own hand with suleidal intent. | It is reported that Cox kissed his | wife and children twice before leaving them at Bellefonte for Centre Hall, | He was a carpenter by trade, and was { aged about 85 years, He leaves a wife and three children. AA —— DEATH FROM AVOPLEXY. Mrs. Washington Williams Dies Suddenly at Boalsbhorg Mrs. Washington Willinms { stricken with apoplexy at Boalsburg, ton Tuesday morning of the 4th, { died about three hours afterward, Mrs. Williams early Tuesday {ing had gone to her neighbor's Oscar the Hamill one-fourth mile to assist the family milking, and while ti morn- home, | stover, on from to farm, about v Boalsburg, in ing the ere, iO stricken with paralysis, S001 over, All was given the afflicted suddenly drop possible lady assistnndg and physicians hurriedly summoned d,d4 but be they breathed her last Mrs, her fore arrived, she Williams was a widowed lady, will winter, She husband, as our readers member, died last was leaves a her, aged about forty years, and ¥. fe TE family of five child iren to survive ilers, the noon in the the + held on Thursd iy two sons aud three daugl The interment 85314 Wed: Lilt was made slay after CETL. Isburg, while funeral morn- jou % Were tended by fir lends who thus attested estimation of a most amiable tian lady. an % — Found Dead, aniel Gallag hid r, of ¢ plac we Tue slay - Loc) Miy mor: § Tuesday They Have Them Everywhere A New Horse Law An act of horsemen has been passed by Lrovernor, provides that, considerable importance to log and the signed by the It yi sis lions of oh ring the services of with the of age, pedigree and rec. such stallion be ee the are advertised or and the clerk of courts certificate or {to The act provides a pen- islature, is now a law OW i= Ors « f the same, shall file clerk cotirts Lhe name, services offered ord Of {of the i to the | shall issue RATI public, a license stich owner. CONSECRATED SPRING MILLS REFORMED CHURCH | DEDICATED, A Neat and Handsome Ediflee Conseco rated | tothe Worship of the Triune God on : Sunday, July 24d, On Bunday, July 2d, the new formed church at Spring Mills, consecrated to the worship of the une God, with the ceremonies, At an early hour the house Tri- most i vision. LM AO $ Sudden Iiness. | On Wednesday 5th, while Mrs. Sarah | Harpster was sitting at dinner, she | dition, since has been confined to her bed. It | is hoped she will soon regain her for- | mer state of health and rapidly im- prove. is oma aa Can Peddie. The Supreme Court has decided the case of Bhamokin borough ve. Thomas Flannigan, against the former. Flan. nigan was o tea agent and refused to take out a license under the borough ordinance, whereupon suit was brought to recover the § fine imposed by Jus. tice Rowe. The case practically de- cides that “hawkers may hawk." 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. y : Syiing Mills Acwiomy, The afterharvest term of the Spring Mills Academy, under Prof. D. M. ‘Wolf, will open Monday, July 24. i fill up, and by the time for service shippers were present, Reve, Krider Evans, | Miles O, Noll, of Bellefonte, Wolf, D. D., were part in | preach and took Rev, and pre sent the service the evening, din morning, i Noll in the The was ls amount of money to be and in the my postponed till ufficient the rege not being quite the evening, ning, at hich time funds seed] and building a neat strue 30x45 feet, The The at de is composed dure, { frame, indows are the of ass of ne sign, and ircular form. deity is in the pastorate it that wis the and . Eisenberg, . ; hiful laborings ished formed church ntl- | £4 ting their and hren in comple Mas peace prosperity | their future | DIED AT CENTRE HILL Leah Stover Stricken With Which Results in Death Apoplexy over, Levi Sto- vary John Beaver, at "edi nesd iy. her daugh- & assisting in to Aarons § 05 Sat i Don’t Miss This. 6, 7 and 8, Spring and summer breasted, s in blac Boy’s s from 5, 6 and 8.00, up to I 2.00. to The Best Wearing spring styles; the very the trip- 50 to $12. $4. clothing for men and black nixed dl. cheviot, cheviot, Kough r 1 “eu ry OF reds sit brown and mixed: from 2.50 up tc York from uits, latest DD Shoes 2. World r ior men; every Allegheny St. *y Bellefonte, Pa. residency ue Was Aaron Caled in the west, Wy Narrow Excape i week, Mrs, ing Mills, William had a very i after and when the Mills front When o it of th pushed her along The train otherwise Mrs. Ook train iil ana the pil t % # ® en 0 and and ties Was Alex. rails ing slowly ander would have been cut the wheels, As ii as she od and had tared Mrs. Alexander isan and her escape from a hor- providential. una Was badly ane foot se ve Te iy Fg 1 lady, rible death was almost Ws i — To Destroy Canada Thistles There § HILTON appears to ide i sees {oo us is wy pros & this wise, anada thistles, which, it five. Fhe farmer going to We other effec in to we it met and famil- got on day his fields, arly asked him where he was He replied, “I am going to the the Canada thistles hell.” all troubled with the pest try it think it will kill em. two or three times a few yesirs divil fields to give —We year. and in a] a bit of "em will be left. il ctimmat— Now a Citizen, wv. Boal and family arrived at] Centre Hall a few days ago and are! now snugly ensconced in the residence Rev. Boal was com- failing health, and concluded to re- move from Williamsport to regain same. — Circamstances Do Mach A man will burn his fingers lighting a cigar with a piece of paper, and make no fuss about it, but when his wife asks him to sel the teakettle over, and he takes hold of the warm handle he is mad encugh to shipwreck the kitchen. a —————— EE api ——— Will Be Paid to Walk. The adjutent general anmounces that members of the national guard of Pennsylvatia who walk to the places designated for the regimental encamp- ments will be allowed two cents a mile ench way. The state furnishes shoes for the soldiers and they could count on a clear profit of two cents a mile, wedi to Lewins, Bellefonte, for your clothing. Their styles are per fect in every respect. Suits nest in pattern, stylishly cut snd Slegantly made. Nothing quite #0 good anys a Bucknell University yw has nearly one d in fixed COM prises This I: million d stitution n« and five wig capital. It CoLLpGe for young men and ACADEMY for re: Music Bocuoor and it a thirty 33% veer aiiigings lars inv working | schools WOImen Indies’ IxsTIT ART SCHOO nd ten INIASIUI, 1 young boys; OW IEN ROre campus a including few sym Ww Laboratory and new Obs For catalogue, cuts of bad Idi addreis the rvatory. and other information, Wim CC, Gretz- I Registrar, . Pa. - inger, Lewisburg —- - At Philipsburg Next Year ntion of the anniversary of Central Pennsylvania P, of A., which district is composed of the counties of Blair, { Clearfield, ( | Clinton, Elk, Lycoming and Jefferson | was held at Renova on Tuesday, 4th. | After transacting T. WwW. | Nicholas, of Renova, was elected pres. Lident: J. N. Farnsworth, of Lock Ha- | ven, was chosen secretary, and G. H. treasurer. The Philipsburg The fourth annual conve association 0. = entre, ameron, business, | Harmon, of Bellefonte, | association will meet in ! neXt Year. Payment to be Saspended, The Pension Bureau has notified a great many pensioners throughout the | entire country who are drawing pen- {sions under the act of June 27, 1800, | known as the dependent pension act, | that payment of their pensions will be | suspended for sixty days, during which time they are required to show cause why they should continue to draw pensions. No one entitled to a pension need have any fears, only the frauds Great Cash Sale. Great Cash Sale of Stiff Hats— brown, light brown, tans and blacks for men and boys. $1.50 Hats, now $1.00 $2.00 Hats, now £1.50 $2.50 and $3.00 Hats, now $2.00 MostToomMERY & Co, Bellefonte ebm op ensantsriasnn A Lewistown Homicide. Patrick McKeever, a trusted em- ploye of McManus & Reilly, Pennsyl- vania railroad contractors, was shot and instantly killed on the county river bridge, at Lewistown, on the evening of the Fourth, by Samuel Coon. Coon was immediately arrest. ed. The Fourth Fatal to Them, The Fourth of July was fatal to Bellefonters. One of its citizens com- mitted suicide at Centre Hall; another Gallagher, was found drowned in very shallow wakes st Look Haven, ] Union County Deaths, A Tle aged 62 vears, 5 On June 25th, at nwood, Daniel Weldensaul, } days. On July 2d Lynn, On the 26th Twp., 5 mo months and 2 « Hear Allenwood, Isaac aged about 50 vears, of June, in White Deer lerkheimer, ag { 300, ged 74 years, r3t nths and 4 days. Mazeppa, Mrs, years, 1 SHE ad On June 26, at garet Weise, days. Mar- aged 85 month and 21 Wy take the lead Nothing Call — Lowins, Bellefonte, in suits for men and or boys, quite so stylish better made, and be convinced. GRAIN MARKET. RERECTED WEEKLY BY KURTZ & BON Wheat Kye CIOS on csinrn {als Dew Barley Buck when, PRODUCE AT STORES, BEAT nvmns mr sovsssssmsnsesns BEES .cooonisosssins Lard Shoulders Ham ..... Tallow shia PROBE... inns Bides....... A New Line of choice Patterns, of Irish Lawns, Challis, Ging. hams, etc. Straw seats, ham- mocks. = “ora dozen of Palm ans. soni} 10C. ; F Od for a pair of very neat Lace Curtains, On) For a nice brass trim- walnut Curtain Pole. 19C. Ody for a fair Gingham for 5¢C. Aprons. 2 Ouedy for a regular 10c. bottle 5¢C. of Mucilage. ody for a s 14 * Cotton, the best in the world. Others offer inferior thread for the ane. 4 for a cake of fine quali 50C. pool of Coat’s .ty washing sup,
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