THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, EDITOR ANDPUBLISHER. |
| NOVEMBER SESSION BEGINNING |
DOINGS OF COURT
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AN OLD LANDMARK CLOSED. |
With the Removal of Long's Store from |
the Old Duncan Stand, i
THAT ROBBERS’ CAYE,
Interesting Facts Concerning the Noted
Highwaymen of these Parts,
CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. Nov. 30
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(i. R. SPIGELMEYER,
SHEM SPIGELMEYER, Jr.
jellefonte, Pa
PERSONAL.
——Jonathan Miller, of Bellefonte,
visited his brother Jerry last week.
—Mr. Henry Moyer, of Tusseyville,
was a REPORTER caller on Monday.
——Mrs. Hunter, of Boalsburg, was
the guest of J. D. Murray's family last
week.
~—H., W, Kreamer was down in
Rebersburg this week on a visit to his
parents,
—Homer O. Barr and wife have
removed from Jeanette, Pa., to Boals-
burg.
Mr. Isaac Smith, of Farmers
Mills, was among thewisitors to tows
Saturday.
~Mrs, Samuel Barr, of Tyrone, is
visiting friends in Centre Hall and vi-
cinity.
—Mr. Ed. Allison, of Potters
Mills, made a business trip to Centre
Hall Friday.
— Postmaster W.
of Potters Mills, was
Tuesday.
—— Rev. Baskerville took a trip to
Coalport, Pa., this week, returning
home Tuesday.
Ww.
in
Spangler,
town on
—Jonathan From, who is farming
near Bellefonte, was over among his
friends yesterday.
—Mr. Bamuel Shoop, of Williams-
port, spending some time with
friends in Centre Hall.
is
—Charley Long, the hustling
merchant of Spring Mills, was in
town Monday on business.
Mrs. Flora Bairfoot has been ill
for several days past, and has been
confined to bed in consequence,
~—Henry Stoner, one of Potter
townships practical farmers and use-
ful citizens, was in town on Monday.
——Prof. J. Clark Keiffer left yester-
day afternoon for Lancaster, where he
will spend Thanksgiving among
friends,
—Samuel Rowe, the musician, is
conducting a singing school at Plum
Grove, east of town, and has a good
class.
Mr. Henry Fiedler, of Madison-
burg, father of J. A. Fiedler, of the
Bellefonte Gazette, is seriously ill at
his home.
—Mrs. Rev. Lane and two sons,
of Indiana, are visiting with Mrs.
Lane's mother, Mrs. M. Stiver, at
Centre Hill.
wwwlgaae Frain, the pleasant and
popular master of the county Grange,
was in town on Tuesday, attending
the grange quarterly meeting,
we Rev, James Boal left last Satur-
day for Lewisburg; and remained
over Sunday, filling a pulpit in the
Presbyterian church in that place on
Sunday.
Mrs. W. P. Bhoop, formerly re
siding in Centre Hall, but now living
at Scranton, Pa., has been visiting
friends in this section the past week
or more,
ee Dan, Reynolds came home Wed-
nesday, from Reedsville, where he is
employed in the axe factory, He is
nursing a nice pet in the shape of a
felon on the left hand, which will in-
_ eapacitate him for a few days,
we Mr, Jonathan Tressler, of Lin-
den Hall, probably the most aged of
Centre countys’ citizens, spent Mon-
day night in Centre Hall at the home
of Frank Shutt. Mr. Tressler is aged
over ninety-three years, yet in spite of
all these years is active and gets around
with more ease than many a score or
! ON MONDAY.
| Proceedings and Ouses Disposed of During
the Week, Large Attendance and
Big List of Cases,
Hon, A. O, Furst
| President Judge and Associate Judge
i with
i
| Riley on the bench.
|
{ 27th, 1893,
[terly reports. C. T. Fryberger,
lof the grand jury. After hearing
[number of petitions court adjourned
| till after dinner.
i ve 2 »
Monday afternoon William Walker
fishing. Sentenced to pay a fine of
twenty-five dollars and costs of prose.
Sheriff’ one day for every dollar not
paid.
Commonwealth vs. Albert
charge assault and battery and threats,
prosecutor, D. B. Kuhns. Defendant
pleads guilty. Sentenced to pay costs
all good citizens
wards D. B. Kuhns,
Stuart.
up the balance of the afternoon.
Com.vs. H. SB
Tuesday morning,
the bench,
The jury in Com. vs. Stuart return-
costs equally between Adam Mayer,
prosecutor and the defendant.
Com. vs. William Hall,
and b, prosecutrix Lizzie Brown.
sentence in such cases.
Com. vs. Andrew W, Timms, prose-
Ww.
sault with intent to commit rape on
one of Mr. Potter's daughters, aged
cutor, George Potter, charge, as-
made a false key, and he and a man
by the name of Pennington escaped
from jail some time in March, 1891,
since which time he has been at large
until about two weeks ago, when he
ed in jail.
ilar charge at April
This case took up all of the forenoon
Verdict guilty,
Tuesday afternoon. Com. v
uel Immell, enarge, assault
tery, prosecutor Daniel
sessions 1888,
session,
5,
and
Janey. Ver
dict not guilty, and prosecutor Daniel
Janey to pay two-thirds of the costs
and Samuel Immell, the defendant to
pay one-third of the costs.
Com. vs. Charles Johnson, charge,
larceny of a lot of carpet and a razor.
Prosecutor, James Parks. Verdict,
guilty of larceny of the razor.
Com. va. Charles Johnson, charge,
larceny of comforters and two feather
pillows. Prosecutor John Curry.
Verdiet not guilty.
sault and battery. Prosecutor, Chas.
Larson, Swede. August
was sworn as interpreter.
i Johnson
At the
a verdict of not guilty was taken.
Com. vs. Christ Miller.
ate habits,
journed at 6 p. m.,
morning.
Wednesday morning the case of the
Com. vs. Christ Miller, was continued.
The case of Samuel and Jesse Long
plea, assumpsit. This action was
brought to recover value for about fir
teen tons of hay. Ellis L.. Orvis and
N. B. Spangler, att'ys for plaintiffs
and W. C. Heinle for defendant.
The following bills have been acted
upon by the grand jury and not yet
reached by the court:
Com. vs. Gotlieb Haag, charged with
selling liquor to minors and to persons
of intemperate habits. True bill.
Com. vs. A. 8. Garman, selling lig-
uors to minors and persons of intem-
perate habits, True bill.
Com. vs. Harry Gheret, f. and b,
True bill,
Com. vs. John Burns, f. and b. True
bill.
Com. va. R. B. Walk, f. and b. True
bill.
Com. vs. Harvey Baird, aggravated
assault and battery. Bill ignored and
prosecutor, Samuel Page to pay the
costs,
Com. vs. Henry Benner, f. and b,
True bill,
Com. vs. John Freeman, charged
breaking jail. True bill.
Com. vs. Samuel Meese, breaking
Jail. True bill,
Com. vs, Robert Watkins, breaking
Jail. True bill,
Com. va. Charles Johnson, breaking
Jail. True bill.
Thanksgiving Services,
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held this morning in the Evangelical
church, and Rev, James W. Boal will
deliver the sermon. Special music
will be rendered by a choir, and the
church has been decorated with flow.
ers and plants, : gh
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| Bpring Mills, from the old Duncan
brick building to the frame store build-
ting near the creek, one of the oldest
| business stands in our valley has been
[ closed,
David Duncan did in the
| brick building, near the turnpike lead-
| ing to the Old Fort, away back a half
[century or more The Dunean
{store and grist mill did a large busi-
and Mr. Duncan
| made a fortune there.
After David Dunean’s death his son,
business
Hgro,
j ness in their day,
charge, the last being C. P.
vicinity.
en stores doing the business that
Duncans.
Thus times change,
onee done at
old stand in the future.
Binee writing the
hat G. H. Long has lately opened a
brick stand.
we learn
above
{ store in the above named
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S10
The Board
fered a $10 prize for t
Prize
of Trade
AY
Drew the
. p
Bellefonte Of-
he best ous
the advantages of Bellefonte as a point
P. Green, the druggist, was awarded
the
forth all the good points possessed by
prize,
Jellefonte, without any extra coloring
or exaggeration.
Bellefonte people go the necessity « {
life to
induce
doing something to bring new
th
ments to sucl
town and offer tempting
as will plant industrial
enterprises there.
and we
Many other
similar steps with good results.
wish the citizens
healthy little town could be br
i rection
SUCCESS,
of our own
i oug
to unite in favor of business enterpri
ses when |
instead of throwing cold water
every such move and mover
prize were
all in their power to kill eve ry enter
prises when untertaken in our
the set
the
suvbody could name in
vance who would draw prize for
being town-killers.
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Death of Dr. Calder.
Rev, Dr. James died at his
| home in Harrisburg Thursday night,
ith year
Calder
3, in his ¢
os
inent member of the Free
nomination. He was once a mission-
ary to China and served at
periods ns preside nt of the State Col-
| lege in this county, also the Hillsdale,
Mich., College, and the Shippensburg
Collegiate Institute. He was lecturer
of the Penn'a Grange several
| years and was a popular lecturer under
the direction of the State Board of Ag-
riculture,
State
Among his last lectures in
the latter capacity was his address be-
fore the Farmers’ Institute held in
Centre Hall last winter. The
ple.
i
Christian Endeavor
{our town is gaining in interest and has
{drawn the most of our young people
i into its Sabbath evening meetings, as
| well as some of the older people of our
| town who give it encouragement by
| their presence. A fairly full house is
{a usual thing at these meetings. The
| young ladies are taking the lead in the
| Endeavor work and the exercises are
i rendered interesting yet simple, and
| weean not help but give the ladies
credit for the success of the society and
their admirable management of it.
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Denth of Dr. T. BB. Bibighaas,
Dr. T. B. Bibighaus, of Middleburg,
died suddenly Tuesday morning of last
week.
Dr. Bibighaus had not been feeling
very well for several days and on Tues-
day morning asked his wife for a cup
of tea, but before it was ready the Doce
tor was dead.
The Doctor was born in Middleburg,
June 24, 1834, and has lived all his life
in that place. He leaves a wife, five
daughters and two sons.
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A Suit for Damages
For sending a dun on a postal card
a Hastings man has just effected the
settlement of a suit for damages by re-
mitting the amount of the bill in
question, paying the vost and giving
the prosecutor $50, That fellow should
get some bill heads printed.
But Few Left,
There are but few appointments of
postmasters to be made yet in Centre
county, and when the chaps at Belle.
fonte, Pine Grove Mills and Millheim
and probably one or two other places,
have been turned out, the mails will
be then handled by Democrats,
A Nl AI M5 A shot
~Piles of fall and winter goods at
Lewins, Bellefonte. All latest styles
and lowest prices to be had anywhere,
Go and wee before all gone,
| great excitement and numerous par-
| ties have visited the spot, but so far no
{ one has been found bold enough to ex-
[ plore the cave to its limit
i Philipsburg Ledger,
| Mr. Roland Test, who in his young-
| er days was a famous hunter (as have
| been all the male Tests from the begin-
| ning), has probably ventured further
{into the cave than any other man,
| Many years ago when he was hunting
in that loeality his hound took the
track of some wild animal which fled
into the rocky fastness known as Wolf
| Rocks. Mr. Test followed and found
his dog barking at the mouth of the
cave, and stooping down he peered in
{and saw the animals eyes shining in
the darkness, his rifle he
crawled in When the
smoke blew away the shining eyes had
{ disappeared. He went made
torch of piteh pine, lit it, and crawled
into the cave, but nothing.
He ventured on, and finally the
row entrance led him to a good
Taking
and fired,
out i
could see
Tua
sized
room, where he found a rough table, a
y iron
The chair, cupboard and table
Further back in
cupboard, a chair, aid two rust
| pots,
were badly decayed.
or well so
| the cave he came to a hole
| deep that he could not see bottom.
{ He pitched a stone in it and heard it
He
{ also found an old pistol, which ean be
{rattling down to a great distance.
seen Loday
MoeCausiand's
thi
jewelry
blade
the
with
1 blood, The
int the
almost smothered
He nev-
in
frie 7,
rk knif
encru wit alr in
cave was so bad tl torch went
wut and Mr. Test
fore
i be
he reached the open air,
He thinks |
feet, 1
Yes : %
Lins been wi
vent back. I Was
% $ 1 13
sont OCR
i
ty of ti
hirtyv or fx |
1IrLy OF fort » pat
ii Known to
Tost
1 URVe
hunters for years, but Mr.
5 ¢
GHEY one thal ever venture
fas Known,
here is another cave in
Von,
Rocks, near the asbandone
pike on the hill west o
the Six Mile run, where a number
cooking utensils were found by a par
Mr. Alfred
Swab,
ty of hunters vears
old
{ died several years age
ago,
Dan
y 5 Lhe
of 91 years, told him that
i
ae
who
orient
great
£51 5
Was the deven
Cros
8 on his fromm Lewis
way
wii, he was stopped by Lewis and
Connelly, who « ompelled him to drive
they
evening
fis team into the woods, when
kept hin
| came they loaded a heavy y iron
wile
when
n all day, and vhen
DOX On
{ his wagon snd re with him to the
Furtle Rocks, they unloaded tl
ox and then alloy
accompanying
When Lewis
Hwab
with the most horrid :
him if
Swab was confident that the bo
fwould kill he looked back.
Ax Was
buried orf concealed ss
Turtle Rocks, and that it
{ed treasure of some sort,
! The Turtle Rox
from the t
NOeW ere Hoar
:
ithe contain.
Ks are on the old road
hill Dear
ran
8 21 $ & § 3
Lieading ip of the
| Bilger's to the mouth of Six Mile
| They
ving on the
: 3
ous bot lde Ie,
Oot
are {wo enorn
¥
wp of t
{ conspicuous because there
HT and are
Ler,
are no other
| large rocks anywhere in the
The Wolf Rocks
by hundreds of people who have dug
{up the ground in every direction and
binsted the rocks in the hope of find.
ting the buried treasure. A hopeful
Tyroner took a jug of ammonia and a
force pump with him, ready to purify
the air in the eave. So far only about
| $15,000 has been found, leaving about
| $47,000 yet to discover, A party of ten
argonats started for the Wolf Roeks on
| Bunday morning and got lost. They
| wandered around the mountain all day
and at nightfall reached Joseph Harp-
at Martha Furnace, famished
and footsore. Mr. Harpster fed the
weary pilgrims and started them on
the way home to Philipsburg.
sal MI YS
vicinity.
have been visited
stor's
Death o
William E. Wagner, a former resi-
dent of Pennsvalley, this county, died
at St. Louis, Mo., on November 11th,
aged 57 years. A wife, one grown
son and a daughter survive him. Mr.
Wagner was raised in Penns Valley,
being a son of Capt. John B. Wagner
now deceased. He was clerk of the
probete court of 8t. Louis, at the time
of his death.
LS AM SAA. ~~
Winter Schedule,
The winter schedule on the Penn-
sylvania Railroad went into effect on
Monday, November 19th, and the time
of the running of trains on the main
line has been changed but slightly,
while on the branch they remain as
heretofore.
Sm i AM
Christmas Entertainment,
The Reformed Sabbath school has
decided to give an entertainment in
the church on Christmas eve, Sunday,
December 24th. An elaborate pro-
granune will be prepared and a treat
by the school can be expected.
wlio to Lewins, Bellefonte, for
your clothing. Their styles are per
feet in every respect. Buits neat in
pattern, stylishly cut and elegantly
f Wm. Wagner
i
Favors Shorter School Hours
Dr. Behaeffer, superintendent of pub-
lie instruction, favors shorter hours in
schools, especially in the lower grades,
He says: *'1 think
hours a day is long enough for pupils
in the lower grades. [It chief
duty of the child to grow, and if the
of by the
course robs it of the hours of
sleep the teacher should diminish the
should that five
is the
amount work prescribed
needed
work regardless of the danger of not
promoting all her pupils to the next
according to the expectation of
The be
small enough for the teacher to study
pupil. The
more consequence
grade,
their parents, school should
the needs of each welfare
of the
than any cour
{ tem of
child is of
se of study or any
grading. Some Ai
es have reduced the scho
diseases as myopis
tion of the nervous system
— > —
A Becord Breaker,
Ks
township, Clar
BC,
Toby
#3 years. He was mu
of 18, When he
father of eleven
iss nger
Wis
chile
eleventh child was a 1
ti
weeks old he
When
and his wife went on a visit
Mrs.
ger's sister and the nine others at home.
Ie Aaving
the next younger with Kelssin-
In their absence the h
ine children
Daring the
v $41 » Biller ¢ } #
CIRLL INore cnuaren were bot
when his wife
the mother of nineteen children.
his
Years,
after in
= $83
WI he married aga and
{
second wife bor
im the athe
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t the aoe oO
age of
as Li
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Local News Cnt Short.
Turkey
t farmers ar
At Harrisburg live turkes
ng at 10 to 12 cent
Waters are low ag
drive thelr
yyiiyat
8 HIN
mer
plac
an
watering
{
abundance of wales
Dressed pork is
It will «
surely do you
{ ough, Cold,
Throat, Chest or Lung
| Ne Ww f
| Coughs and Colds is
Di
Consun
King's
tt
Overy iption,
or
guaranteed to
{ give relief, or money will be paid back
Sufferers from La Grippe found it just
had a
Try a
sample bottle at our expense and learn
ithe thing and under its us
speedy and perfect recovery,
or yourself just how good a thing it
Trial bottles free at J. D. Murray's
Drug Store, 5c and £1.00.
is.
Large size
ss Mo
Good Hoads
We eontinue to enjoy good roads ;
the pikes and by-roads never were as
fine as this fall ; nature has proven a
far befter road-maker
pathmasters, and it does not charge
than these our
the public a cent for the good roads jt
has maintained in the past 4 months,
It our highways could alwaye be thus
attended to, supervisors would not be
needed, many of whom do not seem to
know the first lesson in road construe.
tion.
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entral RR
This new road will open for business
on 4 Dec. The following are the sta-
tions :
Salona, Cedar Springs, Mackeyville,
Krider's Siding, Clintondale, Lamar,
Huston, Nittany, Saydertown, Hub-
lersburg, Hecla Furnace, Zion, Nigh,
Central Junction, Nittany Valley Jet.,
Valentines, Milesburg, Bellefonte, Ga-
tesburg, Taylor.
rd Farm Sold,
The Wm. Emerick farm, adjoining
our town on the east lying on both
sides the Brush valley road, was sold
last week by heirs, to George H. Em-
erick, for $3,000, George will remain
on Simon Harper's farm, adjoining
for a year or more when he expects to
occupy the farm just purchased.
The «
World's Fair Visitors,
The Pennsylvania railroad carried to
the World's Fair from May 1, to the
close, 1,760,000 passengers, while the
Baltimore and Ohio carried 581,000,
The Reading's figures have not yet
been given out.
A cf
Religious Notior,
Rev, James Boal will hold services
in the Presbyterian church, at this
Hints to be Observed
Always support and patronize the
business men of vour own hor
that to the
whom vou live
and supnort YOu
ii »
y You
Owe community
and whose
among
friendship
$nk 2 $
00K 107 ; A ean Bpir-
the
ited person only will £0 against
interests of his own town, and will
sooner or later be frowned upon by
his neighbors as a person of small Po-
talo principles who is of no use in his
community.
*
Always be public spirited and
the
don’t
“1 pe
what Wii ii { Zen rail
good of your community
port 0
SHOW
yourself mean by refi
inl ane
your neighbors
claver 4 aid whe
ANILINE VO add what
is benefic
: and leave
and then you
ttle dry,
house
In
rhe took a
nis pu
srant
ta drink.
medite mati
plug of tobaceo and
struck
eet
poticing a tin tag in it an idea
him.
to the bar roc
. tr #4 5% & "3 i
He took the tag and rushed in-
Ty
ii
where Harry Ryan
dispenses the liquid refreshments, call-
ed for a glass of beer. drank it and
ing down his tin tag started for
When Harry
the
change + n. The Irishman
picked it up
damp saving the
reforied Y'ten, well take a drink
for the ch
er] Fyn stil 1 ’ 54 # f t .
Ang B04 sHOL Mi OF L1¢
door in atwinkling
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Clothing for Everybody,
Clothing for
Youths, Boys and
3
owest,
5 hid
of people.
the pen-
FrGOMERY & (0,
Bellefonte, Pa
Ws fp —-
tment
wd Appolin
y
118 O25 is S3
FIVE 11 OF PO
Riven ng
ys }.1 25% ¥ 3 « i fn
trouble, an a ferc
the sev.
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Rebuilt Again,
Mr. W. B. Mingle,
which was recently destroyed by fire,
The stable of
has been rebuilt, and a better one now
stands in the place of the old one.
GRAIN MARKET,
Wheat
Kye
Corn
ils wr
Barrie
Bockwhen
w
AT STORES,
PRODUCK
Buller
Eggs...
ard
Sho lders
Ham
Tallow
Vor glows
{ides
Hop Sacking, Garmans,
Hop Sacking, Garmans,
Hop Backing, Carmans,
Hoo Sacking, Garmans,
Serge, Garmans,
Serge, Garmans,
Serge, Garmans.
Serge, Garma ns,
Blue Cheviot, Garmans,
Blue Cheviot, Garmans.
Blue Cheviot, Garmans,
Blue Cheviot, Garmans.
Garmans,
Garmans,
Uarmans,
Garmans,
Habit Cloth,
Habit Cloth,
Habit Cloth,
Habit Cloth,
»
Dress Trimmings, Garmans,
Dress Trimmi Garmans,
Dress Trimmings, Garmans,
Dress Trimmings, Garmans,
School Supplies, Garmans,
School Bupplies, Garmans,
Garmans,
School Supp! :
School Supblics: Garmans,