FRED. KURTZ,
CexTRE HALL, PA. Tinurs, Dec,
THE RACKET
No. 9 Crider's Frehange, Bellefonte.
If there is another
store in Centre coun-
ty that can show a
larger variety and can
offer so many induce-
ments for
Holiday Shoppers
as The Racket. we'll
fold our tents like
the Arabs and as si-
lently steal away.
Put The Racket on
the list as the place
to make your pur-
chases and you will
not make a mistake.
Or)
(i. R. BPIGELMYER,
SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr.
Jellefonte, Pa
PERSONAL.
—Mr. Michael Shires,
Mills, was in town Tuesday.
-D. F. attended
Jellefonte last week as juror.
of Spring
Louse court
—Miss Anna Mingle is spending
the week with friends in
— Landlord Bartges has erected a
new ice house on the reap Sf his
property.
en Squire Houseman, of Tussey ville
was in town Tuesday morning trans
acting business.
ler and
with
Henry Mil-
their families
— Danny Zeig
ler spent Sunday
at Millheim.
Mr. 8. H. Heckman, of Lock
Haven, spent Thanksgiving with his
best girl in Centre Hall
—
ness on a civil case,
— ld. J. Wolf, of the
Seminary, Gettysburg, is home
visit to his mother, west of towh.
Mills,
Theological
on a
—. P. Long, Spring is on
his second trip to Eastern
buying goods for his new store.
— Mr. John Mersinger,
ville, was in Centre Hall, Tuesday,
and ealled at the REPORTER office.
A. L. Katherman, formerly sta-
tion agent at Centre Hall, arrived in
town Monday evening, for a several
days stay.
al days of last week visiting friends at |
New Berlin, Pa.
urday evening.
— Wagner Geiss is serving as juror
at court this week, and his school is
absence,
his post at the hotel last week, as he
was summoned as a witness on a case
up for trial at court last week.
friends Friday. He looks as bright
and cheerful as ever. Daily Gazette
ee Drug gist Murty spent thueurly
part of the week in breaking in a
handsome two-year old horse which
he purchased recently. He a sue-
cess at that too.
mn ~Mr. Adam Ripka, of Centre|
Hill, one of Potter townships’ good |
citizens was a visitor in Centre Hall
one day this week and favored our
netum with a call.
— Will Wagner, of Kipple, Pa.,
was home a few days ago on a visit to
his parents at Tusseyville, He spent
a day in the mountains hunting for
deer and was lucky enough to bring
down a deer.
wee [ROW C, Rishell, who is in
charge of the M. E. church at Morris
dale, Pa., and his brother Willis Rish-
ell, of Coburn, were in town on Tues
day. The Rev. is very successful in
his ministerial work and is doing
much good.
wer. “Shady Harter, of Mill
heim, the most popular man in the
Republican party in Centre county,
arrived in town last Monday morning,
doing dental work before returning.
The Dr's face still wears its genial ex-
pression and he has as many friends
in Centre Hall as ever.
AA Sb
Apply for a Chsrter
The Evangelical church at Centre
Hall will apply for a charter of incor-
poration from the court, and a notice
to that effect will be found in another
is
COURT DOINGS
PROCEEDINGS OF THAT BODY NOW
IN SESSION
| Various Cases Disposed of and Continued,
~ Second Week of Court Now Sit.
ting, ~Sentences Imposed,
| Last Wednesday afternoon the
| of Com, vs. Christ Miller, charged
| with furnishing liquor to minors, re-
| turned a verdict of guilty.
{ Daniel Butler vs. Henry
| pool, pleas, assumpsit. Verdict
{ the plaintiff for §77,00.
Case
Vander-
for
| V8,
ry at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoin,
THURSDAY MORNI NG.
Thursday morning the court con-
{ vened at nine o'clock; the jury render-
{ed a verdict in the Long case for de-
fendant for $46.65,
Susan Ertel vs. Jonathan Schenck
land E. E. Heverly, supervisors of
| Howard township. Defendants plead
| surprise. The ease was continued,
i Susan Nolan vs. Samuel Swabb and
| M. Gates. Plaintiff suflers a compu l-
| sory “Non suit.”
Nolan Samuel Swabb,
Brown and Wm. Brown. Plain-
| tiff suffers a voluntary ‘non suit.”
| Philip Fessler vs. 1. E. Essington.
| Verdiet for plaintiff for $31.47.
{i Court adjourned on Thursday
i till Friday
| Civil cases other than those already
| mentioned for the first week were dis-
| posed of as follows:
| James Higgins vs.
| settled.
Thomas Lauver vs.
Susan Vs,
| Geo,
noon
morning.
Meck & Nagle,
David
| plea assumpsit, continued.
T. T. Callagan Packing (
| ton, Duncan & Barnes, settled.
Jonn W. Lesky vs, C, (
| assum psit, continued.
Harter,
‘o. ve. Briu-
. Cook, plea
George W. Campbell
bell, plea assumpsit,
| Amos Garbrick vs
| settled.
WwW. (.
{ Justus
ve, Mary C
continued,
John
amp-
Garbrick,
John
plea,
and
Hi=
Heinle va. Nwartz
Powell, assumpsit, «
tinued.
T. C. Rumberger, use of M. 85. Ad-
va. L. L. MclLarren, plea,
assumpsit. Defendant confessed judg
t ment in favor of the plaintiff for $22.58,
Wm. Wolf vs. I. I. McLarren,
assumpsit. Defendant ¢
{ ment in favor of the plaintiff’ for $30.-
08.
plea
wnfessed judg-
. Davidson, Pres. Charles E.
and Joseph Wright
L. L.
Defend-
of
John A
| Steadman Supt.
| trading as Davidson & Son, +
MecLarren,
ant
plea
assumpsit.
confessed judgment in favor
for $152.13.
FRIDAY MORNING,
morning court called
o'clock, and Andrew W. Timuns
{ vieted of attempted rape
{ plaintifls
Friday at o
COM
on Tuesday
was sentenced to pay a fine of one dol-
| lar, costs of prosecution and Western
| penitentiary for three years and nine
{ months.
Charles Johnson convicted
ny of razor sentenced to
| of larce-
{pre ution and
1
of
the
Coals
pay
six months in
county jail.
Com.
| sertic Ma.
dee
Prosx. Bertha Kern took up
| most of the time of the court till Fri-
| day afternoon when court adjourned
till Monday morning.
| All jurors were discharged on Thurs.
| day noon.
i SECOND WEE
VE, George Kern. Charge
K OF COURT...
Monday morning court called with
| judges Furst, Riley and Faulkner on
the beneh. A number of petitions
| were presented to the court.
| Andrew W. Timms was fined an ad-
| ditional dollar to the sentence passed
on Friday morning, for jail breaking.
Charles Johnson was fined one dol-
{lar and thirty in jail for jail
breaking.
| Bherift Ishler acknowledged deeds
{ to the several purchasers of real estate
i sold by him by virtue of sundry writs.
| Court adjourned till after dinner.
A jury was sworn in the case of Jo-
| seph Ross va ereunat Eeckenroth,
{ejectment. C. M. Bower and Ellis 1.
| Orvis for hd and C. P. Hewes
{and Clement Dale for defendant. Ver-
| diet for plaintiff.
i John Glenn
days
va, Samuel Swabb,
1 $15.00, J. C. Meyer for plaintiff’ and
| Wilbur F. Reeder for defendant.
went to the jury and court adjourned
till Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY.
Tuesday morning the jury in the |
case of John Glenn vs, Samuel Swabb |
plaintiff.
David Lohr and Isabella Lohr, his
wife, in right and for the use of said
Issabelln Lohr vs the borough of
Philipsburg, plea, trespass, This suit
is brought to recover damages for in-
Juries sustained by Mrs. Lohr in full
ing on a defective board walk in said
borough. This case was tried at the
April term 1802 and teken up to the
Bupreme court, and sent back for re
trial. C. P. Hewes, Ellis IL. Orvis,
‘and C. M. Bower for plaintiff and
Harry Keller, W. D. Crosby, and John
G. Love for defendant. The case will
be submitted to the jury,
Wednesday morning the case of
Lohr vs, Philipsburg boro, was sub-
mitted to the jury and up to Wednes- |
day noon no verdict was agreed upon.
Mary A. Blake vs. L. W. Glover, for
promise o
| the damages at $595,
James and Lot W. Kimport vs.
ejectment, This
tion is brought for tract of land in Har-
ris township.
M.
"e-
or
HAZING AT STATE COLLE!
Sergeant Major Kiefer Bound, Gagged
nnd Beaten by Fellow -Stadents,
A brutal attack was made early last
Wednesday morning upon
Junior at
College, by a crowd of inasked students
numbering about twenty. The
in the main dormitory
building was forcibly broken in and
he was bound, and earried to
where he
class,
gagged,
woods, wis
and left in semi-unconscious condi-
tion, On regaining
limbs were
himself unable
until he workman
about six o'clock, who carried him to
the phy-
sician’s eare, yet his condition
a
consciousness his
he found
remained
x0 beaten that
to walk and
was found by a
his room. He is now under
is not
considered dangerous,
trouble
tWo ca-
the
of
for disor-
The immediate cause of
was the reporting of Kiefer
cadets to the
derly conduct in their
subordination.
jor of the corps of cadets,
commandant
rooms and in-
Kiefer is serjeant ma-
as the
military
duty to
port any disturbance occurring in that
under his
for which he
and,
discipline, it becomes his re-
part of the building super-
vision so that the offense
strict adher-
stuflered grew out of his
cnee to duty.
The college faculty made a thorough
investigation of the and
Ks
ceeded in discovering five or six of the
hazing SU
perpetrators, who were then promptly
expelled from the institution
—
Fine Equipment
The
tell
ago al
Del
ing on the siding
The cars ar
iew
day
gion,
stock
rolling
Central
new
arrived a "
Wilmin
stand-
fur-
efonte
1"
Bell
‘ and
from
lefonte
the passenger « als ar
at
finel iN
i
iY,
Gi
Valentine’
: nace, itte
somew hat er
we common run of
thir this
stead of the eo
furnished
ti
in use
passeng Cin
igh od and in-
tion,
istomary seals have re-
The Ow f the
wiponed from Dee,
CHalrs,
volving
road
ning o
has been Pp
shout two weeks
dable del
The baad ¢ of
elated over the proj
r the movers
grand banquet
ith until: later
to unavos
owing
ive in the construc
tion. trade Is so
much
cl that they
he
anid
tend in the fe
in WEY -
eral hundred dollars h
the
a few days
been sub-
for that
ave
scribed by business men
purpose,
-
» a.
Sehool Directors to Meet,
The
Centre county
association of
the eourt
‘Thursday, De
dee
and
Sehool Directors’
sill ¥
Will Hees
ile
in
at Bellefon on
Addresses
Vv
house
21,
livered as arnishing
caring of text books," A. A.
“Directors’
tions and benefits to
at 10 a. m. will be
follows:
Nlevens,
ewq., of Tyrone; organiza-
derived from
monthly meetings,” Hou. WW, K. Al
exander, of Millheim. There will be
‘Duties of directors
relating to teaching physiology
hygiene,”
relating to schools and duties of direct-
ors.’
There will be two sessions, forenoon
and afternoon. Ex-Governor Beaver
and Prof. Hamilton, of State College,
and others have invited to
present. Other interesting topics will
be discussed. A full attendance of all
directors is desired.
be
discussions upon *
and
“i
also & woeniiy enacted la ws
been be
-. -
On the Sick List
Mr. John M'Coy, of Potters
is quite ill, caused by
trouble which came upon him about a
week ago,
The aged widow of Jacob, mother of
John and Wm. Wolf, is very low at
the home of the former, near Rebers.
burg.
Mills,
THE WEATHER.
by Hicks for the Month of
December,
central
eing
in on the
day of n regular storm period.
December comes
and next following
the center of a Venus equinox on No-
vember 20th, we are to expect very ac-
tive disturbances between the first and
the fourth, It will grow very warm as |
the storm conditions develop and move
eastward, The barometer will fall to]
beginning of the period,
storms of rain, with lightning
snow in central and northly
Heavy easterly gales from the
will blow into the low area it
A sudden
rush in behind
and by the end of the pe-
fourth to the sixth-—the
11 feel a touch of the
will be prudent to
possible blizzards
storms of this
the
another storm
as
vances from the west,
severe cold wave will
the storms,
riod
whole
say the
country wi
wintry It
prepare against
northward, during the
About the
moderate,
blast,
7th and Sth,
and
period,
cold will
development will appear in the
The
will hinge
west
center of
Sth,
of
i J a
and move to the east.
this disturbance on the
or within fifteen hours of the time
the Heavy
ally on lakes with much ten-
gales,
HBOEW Noo.
and sens,
i a 14 y ¥ i +1
deney to southern evelones and north-
ern blizzards, will be natural and prob-
| ld is to fol-
able, Great on almost
BUTE
low
About the
have change
12th westerly regions will
2
d t
will
winds in
{0
vw ed
0 Warmer,
eastern parts chang easterly
and southerly, and rene storms of
ROTOSS the
MI West the
I'he storms will not clear
f unt after
rain and snow will ad
Vance
country fre
“th to 16th.
*fcontinen
to east daring
il
i
i quarter «
woenth
clearing
armer and renewed
nd snow will result
* I8 Deal
sist ho
£4 :
Li Ole
uring ths period,
storm period beginning
i the
sLOTIS,
heir supplies
replen-
thos
aeiid
the
following
i ently
ished
sLOTINA,
Bes g » Tad > “ 4
GUring 19 PIORTORS OF
i thie
in
he full moon is o
asten Lhe
Arct
iris will have
and will bh
Crisis eariy
| 8 riod, Fhe 3
wave
the st broug
hit very cold
bs
nox of
much of t
I
with ti
weather to he ©
the night of the 26th
Mere
on the
mniry
1 equ
ury is central we full moon
22ud, which fact is almost a
will be
the
guarantee that heavy sleet
characteristic
Men of the
for g
thie and :
to warmer, month
with reactionary
with rising barometer
i
MTe
feat of period.
wire take notics
wd after ti
With
and the
i Prepare
About
reaction
apt to
to the
anid colder
clearing weather in sight in the north
eat © SLOTIR,
’
t
>ath will fall a
i“
ellos storms
§
ens,
and west
Ra
Bay Your Seap at Home
A party is traveling through the
with the choice of four arti-
China dishes,
one dollar:
cles, viz: 63 pieces, one
is quite ill and helpless,
Mrs. Peter Hoffer, of this place,
not improving any from her attack of
| pneumonia, and Mr. Hoffer is still |
confined to the house, of a severe cold, |
Mrs. Laff, Neff’ has not shown any
improvement since our last lssue.
The widow of Michael Willow is ill |
from the effects of a severe cold.
cs
Local Items of Interest,
Pork has dropped to 7 in this val-
ley and is likely to get no less,
| The report that James Bmith had
lbeen appointed postmaster at Mill-
heim, was incorrect.
Eggs are 24 cents—now if turkeys
could be taught to lay hen eggs that
| would make up for the low price of the
Thanksgiving bird.
mi AA
Paid 30 Per Cent,
The receivers of the defunct Houtz-
dale bank, which was robbed and
wrecked by Rev, Willlame H. Dill, its
president, during the fall of 1801, have
paid during that time but 30 per cent,
back to the depositors. The receivers
never expect to be able to pay more
than 15 per cent. additional.
cin MASA
Death at Unlonville,
* Mrs. Beulah Peters, of Unionville,
this county, died at Ler home pew
BE burg lank Sanday morning, of
i
or a very fine lamp. "Pay the dollar
now, will deliver the goods next week.”
If you like to take chances on seeing
give him your
soap of some of
the soap man again
doliar. If nol, buy
your home dealers,
7”
A large postal card, in use for some
if
It is given out that
i .
Another Postal Card.
majority of cases in its use, and there
fore a new card, not so large, will be
issued in a few weeks, possibly by the
beginning of the new year,
The Grip Epidemic.
The now much feared epidemic, la
grippe, has made its appearance again
since cold weather has set in and a
number of pupils in our community
are suffering. Numerous deaths could
be traced to the disease last year and
it is not unlikely that the fatally list
will be augmented again this year.
dt ——
Fire at Howard,
The dwelling house of J. K. Tipton,
in Howard, was destroyed by fire last
Thursday, while the family were ab-
sent taking Thanksgiving dinner with
neighbors, The loss is about half cov-
ered by insurance.
A good pair of shoes will Juake on
Baking
Powder
Gobble About Gobblers,
Turkeys never were so plenty as this
year ; wild ones are also very plenty in
the mountains, The gpring and sum-
mer unusually favorable
ing this sort of fowls,
Turkeys having
were for rais-
been so low in price
¢ hope every family enjoyed
on Thanksgiving,
Turkeys sold
Inst
Pittsburg, last week,
# roast
ato
cents per 1b,
Tyrone week,
In
keys sold
dressed tur
Sto lle.
wrought from 20 to 25,
at from in forme:
years they |
From all parts of the state come
turkey
low, and market over
Mrs. J. A. Keller,
is reported to have
koy
which
same reports plenty,
tocked.,
of near this plac
irl of
: James Durst boast of 54,
weigh 89 Ibs,
bid
iur-
some of
3 Jim
ier to Cle
upw
rian
will send his biggest gobl
land,
, Pete, which "ed ver
21
id lek
SRI TT NaN SOT
@ CAlary ors d soon
HIN
A Sudden Death.
hursday
slau «d about
denth must
have vis Apoplexy
fo doubt his death
He wa
He hailed
ost Pes Pe
ty,
and
+ oldest
wWiih seitd
unc of dentist George
dion] t deoegsm
hand.
§
he past summer,
Was Jv ad of a
atid was rv
a pul
-
ff it
is
DOORN
Thanksgiving Service,
ed
in
thanksgivih SOrVICe wis
vai
we, Of last
resident
arch, of
gelical ch
Thu
sia
ministers
's Boa
Wagner
reday forenoon
were
namiey, Ley
Is Boal
disco ITs
Hing and v
delivered a ve
which
(on
ry interesting
to wit
audience.
was listened bh
by the
1
comp wd wi of singers ir
tention A
om the
rendered good music
churches,
familiar hy mins suited to the
Miss Sadie 8holl pre wided
A -
at the organ
Hotel Chaages.
of the Coburn
cat this week's court
the late proprietor Willis Rishell to R.
0. Braught, lately was engaged
in the livery business at
Willis will go to Harrisburg where he
will take possession of the Metropoli-
{tan hotel, corner 6th and Walnut
streets. Mr. Brought takes possession
of the Coburn house Thursday of
this week.
The license
w ho
Coburn.
on
a —-
Appropriate Presents
Nothing could be more appropriate
for a Christmas present to a or
father than a good warm overcoat or
suit, which would be both
and useful this cold weather, lewins,
‘at Bellefonte, has just such articles in
| abundance to select from, along with a
full line of furnishing goods, and they
| can be had at prices below the average,
sOn
a ——— ————
Big Crop of Cloverseed,
Our friend, George Gentzel, of Gregg
| township, no doubt, can boast of a lar
| ger crop of cloverseed from his farm
| than perhaps any other farmer in this
alley ; his yield is 126] bushels. Clo-
verseed is trump in price even if tar
keys are in the slump. Mr. Gentzel
knows something about farming.
M5 ARS.
Not Small-Pox.
It is now denied that there is small.
pox in Altoona. The board of health
visited the family who was supposed
to have been afflicted with the malig
nant disease and after an exammation
pronounced it chicken pox.
Pulled Them In.
Sheriff Ishler recently received in-
formation that there were a number | ba
of fish dame and baskets in . Bald Ea-
gle creek, and he hied himself to the
stream and removed a number of these
illegal contrivances.
oan
Shiart,
Our next door neighbor, David Mey-
r, had a little ¢
disappeared about Thanksgiving.
Home News Cut
black bow-wow which
Any
one bringing it back will be fined §5.
Will Flory Harry Din-
#' route for gathering cream, :
of the
themselves use
has bought
Ege
Some councilmen could make
ful
stones from t
for once by
picking
road,
their loose lie they
eighing.
has
held
in place
We had pretty fair sleigl
section sine
spoil the
it Minnick closed the
the M.
pro-
¥ ¥ i §
tracted meeting in E.
chureh in th
ing In
Monday and
this
ther just
old enough to pres
Huvett's ferocious
cite en
{
1 eX]
yield rifle
is n
1s steer is ht
ist
ough 10 Keep bey range
psiler
T Lig
altho Doe
ball Ol
will i a
10g
ser t
gre coastin
ait y thro tow
Janes Runi Beaver,
Alexander, 1.
rrace
nnje
Beaver, Lizzie lie Smith,
Laura Runkle
Mover
Ore are ai
and Gertie Burkhold
WHYS Weloan
those whi
portunity to tr
advertised
1
$31
Eel
Free,
dress to H.
Po
| By
$0 4
EF. Bucklen &
and get a sample box ©
Life Pills Free, 3
to Health and Household In-
r., Free. All of wi is
anteed to do you
J. D.
Dr.
{
:
11
i188 §
Hs Wy
structo Mich guar
good and cos
Murray's Drugstore,
£ you
1g.
—-—
Long & Co.
which
CLP
ed a car load of salt
have just receiv-
= sO
ii foll : ¥ fey yet hag
He IoHOWIng prices, grain ER,
$1.19.
BUN.
GRAIN MARKET.
PRODUCE AT STORES,
Batier
Faaw
Lard
Shon dems
Ham
Tallow
Prd men
Hides
ANNU AL
Ch ristmas BENING
Saturday,
Dec. ot
1th.
Our efforts this year will be
to show a larger and more var
ied stock suitable for the sea-
son and at much lower prices
han goods of like character can
be bought elsewhere.
In Handkerchiefs from the
one for the baby in silk to the
one for the man, have bee. se-
lected with great care. A La-
dies’. or Children’s Initial
Handkerchiet at 5c, and 3 doz
lines of more expensive 1s
in nearly all letters,
In Aprons we have about 8
styles at 25c. cach that are cer
tainly beautitul. Some few at
a lower price and others a iule
higher in embroideried goods.
Coats--a lotof Ladies’ Chev-
iotts at $3.50 each. A great
bargain.
You must come to see us
and you will not wonder that
we are busy, when you see
our Slopunt stock. :