THE CENTRE RE PORTER Freo. Kurtz, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER THURS, FER.15, at "THE RACKET CENTRE HALL, PA., No. 9 Bellefonte. 9 Crider's FErchange, Our Seventh Window Exhibit, The Smallest Cow in the World Valued at $400. This is a Kuriosity what is ‘a Kuriosi- ty, and it will pay U to Kom miles to C. These exhibits change every two weeks, . 311 Botany Dress Our Spring a it Announcement | Department. What's a Botany Dress Goods Depart- ment? U ask. U’ll C later on. Farina Department! What's a Farina Department? U ask. U’ll C later on. U Kno The Racket never disappoints U and is wide awake six days in a week. U are never over-charged on the smallest item and if U “look a leetle out” U will notice that ‘‘baits” even are only a reflex of Racket prices for QO G. R. SPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. Bellefonte, Pa. PERSONAL. —Mrs. Cyrus Goss, of Altoona, ar- rived Tuesday and will spend several days with friends. Mrs, MARY NEFF. An Esteomed way. For several months the REPORTER has been chronicling the condition of this esteemed woman, friend, Lafayette Nefl, of near Earlys- | town. She passed to the blissful be- | yond on Mondsy morning last, sur- rounded by her family. Dies on Monday Mornin Lady Passes year, confining her to her couch the | greater part of the time ; she bore the | affliction with patience and Christian | fortitude. She was a daughter of Peter Ruble | dec'd. She was a Christian from her | earlier years and true to of the Refr. church to which she was intensely attached. Mrs. Nefl was a model in her domestic duties ; to min- | ister to her home, husband and c¢hil- dren, was her one great pleasure ; ami- able and kind of disposition, she won the esteem of all who knew her. household ever lost a more loving wife and mother. She leaves a husband, and four sons grown to honorable manhood, to mourn her loss. Her re- mains were interred in the cemetery at Centre Hall, on Wednesday fore- noon. Her age was 57 years, 10 m's. What adds to the sorrow of the fam- ily, the husband, from a light attack of paralysis one day last week, was un- able to attend the funeral of his belov- officiating minister, Rev. Isenberg, held the services al the ning. es col msn SUDDEN DEATH. Boob Dies after an lines of & Few Days. Be by, a son of Nathaniel Charles about One years, siding about two miles east of Aarons. burg, died very suddenly on the inst, The young man had fering some with pain in his bowe for several weeks, but the was not called in till the the day on which he died, heen attending to his work until the day previous to his death. When the aged 7th been su fF i Is § Of morning as he had H. D. Hogan, of Farmers Mills, able condition. —J. D. Auman, «¢ gave our sanctum a call, ace by a friend. Misses Mary and Mattie Good- friends in Millheim. —Mr. and Mrs. Williamsport, are v of Mr. Wm. Wolf. Mr. M. F. Rossman, of ville, was among the visitors in town, this week. wee MT bersburg, per’'s family Tuesday. [sane Smith, of visiting at the George Krumrine, of Re- —County Superintendent Gramley | was in town Tuesday and made a call | with the schools at this place. — Daniel Bartges, of Hastings, Pa. ed on our list. He is a brother of land- lord Bartges. —Miss Agnes Murray returned home Friday after a two week's visit with her sister, Mrs. Prof. H. F. Bit- ner, at Millersville. —Mr. J. B. Royer, fonte, gave us a call Tuesday. Heand family were on a pleasant mission to attend the Lee-Decker wedding. —Charles Bwartz, the enterprising ant caller at this office Tuesday, and ley. — Mrs. Samuel Barr, of Tyrone, ar- rived on Tuesday, having come to see her aged mother, Mrs. Michael Stiver, of Centre Hill, bed, being seriously ill. Mr. William Rishell and family, of Spring Mills, took their departure | on Monday evening for Freeport, Illi- nois, where they expect to make their home in the future. —John M. Swartz, writes us from Dacota, IIL, Feb. 10: “We had a good deal of snow before the hollidays ; since that we had very changeable weather ; yesterday, 9, we had rain and snow ; to-day it is drifting, with very high wind,” A ————— A — So ————— Smallpox About, By order of the state board of health the county commissioners of Hunting- don last week took vigorous measures toward averting the threatened spread of smallpox at Puttstown, where one case already resulted fatally. At the Tyrone forges where it Is re ported there are fifteen cases of small- pox, the railroad company has suspen- ded the sale of tickets and all passen- ger ‘trains go through without stop- ping. s————— Meeting in Progress, Rev. Goodling is at present bold- ing services inthe Evangelical church at this place, the meeting has been in progress for over a week, and has been well attended and considerable interest is shown for the good cause. We trust Rev. Goodling will meet with great success during the progress of the meeting. —Lewins, Bellefonte, has the most experienced cutter in these parts and at his establishment you can be suited in a manner befitting a prince, and ata physician entered the room he found him sitting in a rocking chair but in a state of collapse. He spoke to him and said, * are avery He answered “1 youl sick boy.” 'm better and since left gue.”” The family of his vomited all at once informed the has condition, who thought it impossible, put to bed, which he took had him undressed and gave him stimulants, i readily, gave him hy pode TI | tions of whiskey and tried to rally him but it availed nothing for he died soon | after the dinner hour. A post mortem { showed shat died of ndicitis | with perforation of the bowels. he app The deceased was a consistent mem- | ber of the St. Paul : : {and was held in { who kuew him. church by Lutheran high esteem all cn Mf A Smoke House Harned, Last Friday night the simmoke house fof William Snyder, town caught fire and before the flames wen discovered they had gained such head- way that it was impossible to extin- i guish them and the entire building | with the contents, the of i large hogs was entirely the flames. There had been fire in | the building during the day for the { purpose of smoking the meat, from | which it is supposed to have caught some time during the night. west of ment three consumed by By A Small Pox Remedy. An Altoona lady gives the following | recipe as a positive cure for the small | pox: Sulphate of zine, one grain; fox i glove, (digitalis) one grain; half a tea- | spoonful of sugar; mix with two table- spoonsful of water; when thoroughly | mixed add four ounces of water, Take a spoonful every hour. The disease will disappear in twelve hours. Fora child, smaller dose, according to age A Large Contract. The Phoenix Iron company, at Phoe- nixville, Pa., has just received the con- tract from the Bouthern Pacific rail road to put up near New Orleans an iron bridge over two miles long, which will take fifty million pounds of iron. The contract will keep the works busy two years, The bridge is to be erected across the Mississippi river. in———————— Of Interest to Batohers, Auditor General Gregg says that in accordance with recent decisions of the supreme court dealers in live stock and butchers who sell meat of animals they have slaughtered are exempt from payment of mercantile license, but butchers who purchase cattle killed and dressed and sell the meat are lia- ble to the payment of a mercantile tax. Sao Will Not Stop There, On account of small pox at Tyrone Forges the Pennsylvania Railroad company has discontinued the sale of tickets to that point until further no- tice aud no passenger train will stop there until further advised. tim it Services Sunday, Rev. J. W. Boal will preach in the Presbyterian church at this place next Sabbath morning, at 10.80 0’clock. He will take for his subject Sabbath morn. ng “The Wedding Garment.” reasonable price. ~——Bubseribe for the REPORTER. ANOTHER BEAR STORY. Mr, Reed Shot the Bear and Captured the Cubs, George Reed, of Boalsburg, hunting in the mountains Thursday, | when he was attracted by the outery | | ton Gap, a narrow, deep and dark ra {vine between the first and second | | mountains of the Tussey Range. Reed pine he had formerly located in { ravine, and he hastened to the scene to | keep the dogs out of trouble, them circling a huge fallen tree, | with excitement, but apparently servative about coming to close quar-| | ters with the game. This confirmed | wild | con- | | his idea they had cornered the | pine, and he ran ia to collar the leader | be fore he should make charge and | et the worst of it. a couraged by the reinforcement, Reed found himself within two of a big she bear. Bhe was belligerent, and Reed ange, back to Her sug- Khe tried to get cover, but died in the attempt. effort to return to the fallen tree gested cubs, and when Reed rattled the cover the three little ones tumbled | out and tried to run away. He caught | them all, and has them at his house where he will make pets of them, close \ William Bradford no More, William Br near this a well-known cit- pla died Of Wed after an illness of 10 The deceas ar t adford, {Zen of i nesday morning, | days of pneumonia. i he { been liviaog ona farr | for nn a number of years and was a most He er on excellent citizen, was quiet in bis demeanor and ev the best ol | terms with his neighbors, i life #1} i 800 was honorable and upright and i community looses one of its best i men : he was a member of the Refor'd {ehurch and lived a with his church faith. ye and namly, vid, {and a younger daughte: a will be live consistent His age widow, six #OUS loss, ars. He leaves a hters to mourn his Frank, Mrs. Brown Mamie, to Bo morning. two dang George, Charles, Philip and Clyde, His remain taken burg for burial on Saturcay Wy —- A New Rale The board of ut meeting held preg admit stu trisleos lege at a rece abolish the nd and the HE VEar ratory course hereafter only dents t § whi freshman I'he ¥ lutic ing the students at preparatory y are so far advanced as toenter the class the sucoeeding vear. also reported favorably on a reso- mn presented by the faculty require attendance of all engineering o a summer school continu- ing two veeks after commencement. This addition to the of the technical course o hours of shop, field and struction, divided sce ynsista of 100 laborat to the depa 1504 xempi wding re spective courses. This new into effect it senior new rule. owes in June prese clans is © the Wp lemember the Date, Thursday evening, February served Pe ople in the a Japanese tea will be to public, by the Pre shy terian over Harper & Kreamer's store. will be served from four to and everything done up in true which will be highly you with the most delicious viands Japan can ford. to all young of the church, rox HIS ten P m., Japan- ese style, taining as well as serve af A cordial invitation is extended Don’t miss it. —— —— Were Saowed In, A party of men from Altoona went to the mountains north of Wopsono. nock recently to hunt bear. During a heavy storm & drifted around their them four [dare had plenty of pro visions but fuel gave By he snow cabin imprisoning The party their out. an opening through one of the drifts and secured a good supply of wood for fuel. After getting thawed out they abandoned the bear chase and return- ed home. ——— Thieves HHanled In A lot of thieves had been troubling Philipsburg for several weeks, break- ing into stores and houses, and among other articles stole that most undesira- ble of all things, a coffin. The police set themselves to watching and five fellows were scooped in. Three broth- ers, Thomas, James and Charles Mey- ers were lodged in jail at Bellefonte on Monday. The other two, John Hobba and Jonathan George, rendered bail for their appearance at Api} court. A A Pi Col, Shortlidge po The Penn’a Retail Implement Dea- lers Association, at their annual mee ting last week elected Col. Wm. Short- lidge, of Bellefonte, as president of the organization. This is the second or third time our friend 8, has been thus honored. AMPA “Bobnestiehl” as a Premiom. You ean have a copy of the celebra- ted Pennaylvania Duteh letters, “Boh nestiehl,” free, by sending three new names, for one year, with cash in ad- vance, for the Reporter. This book will mmuse you as often as you read any of the 150 letters, A PLEASANT WEDDING, At the Home of Mr, and Mrs. Michael Decker, The marriage of Hiram Lee and May the bride's futher, east of Centre Hall, Tuesday evening, February 18th. | The ceremony was performed by the | Rev. James W. Boal, in the presence Runkle, who performed it with grace The bride and groom were tast~fully {attired and presented a pleasing ap- The table was abundantly the family of Mr, how to prepare, A pleasant evening | passed and many warm wishes ex- | pressed for the wellfare of the young couple, The gifts to the young couple were of a substantial and useful character, of which the following is a list: Green and Allie Decker, counter- pane; Mrs. H. M. Phleger, half dozen napkins; Mr, and Mrs. James Runkle, table cloth; Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Royer, towel and tablecloth; Mr. and Mrs. G. | W. Gingerich, tablecloth; J. E. Shires W. Lee and wife two pair towel | pair towels; Carrie nd Mary D. Mr. Lee and wife dozen and Mrs. Wm. Bible, | Mrs. Elizabeth Decker, pair towels; Mr. and Mrs, James A. Keller, china plates; Lizzie and Maude half dozen goblets; Mrs. table; T. F. set silver and Nrs. W., O, Rearick, set Miss L M. napkins; sheeting; Shirk, | Kate Carson Sollada and {and family, | family, Knives Mr. and forks; Runkle, Kern, BUA Christy knives; J. China File and Decker, Ww ife, Thomas and Dr Geo. 1. Lee utensils, Mrs. dishes; lamp; tand ki 0 lamp W. Passel, Naunie Ellen itchen Decker, mirror; fruit dish. Among the guests from a were T. F. Sollada and wife, M. Phleger, Mrs. Wm. | Williamsport, and J. B. sip In . Mra. » 1 " Phieger, H. of Royer ar ir it eed family, of Bellefo Wy Carpenter Proved a Murderer. Hier Case re Monday first Inst Vaud seal PUMA rder in the iring the OV er- the ment was made by pet tion of non-trial was made by the fet filling { dress ding the disposal of which a msed on alleged the jury ise, 1 irreguiarity in wheel in and on exocs Lyons charge to the jury. This mo tion will be argued before t i chambers on March 9. pp Polish An Excellent A perfect shoe polish | It can be {and is as cheap as it is simple, | prepared in this manner: home and Mix cosmo- | discovered. made at Whe | line and lamp black (for five cents you | can get enough of thi |B YOar: in ex 1 parts, and {an old tooth brush or soft rag, { will have polish enough to last a It not on the | pearance but will Those ellent. a. { time, ly gives shoe ap- of newness, | preserve the leather, | used it say it is exe Leg Fractased, Jonathan Krape, living near Fied- | { ler, had his leg fractured on last Thurs- { day whileengaged in taking out tim- | ber to build a Granger store-house in { his neighborhood. He got his leg { caught between the runner of the sled {and a log and the large bone is broken | just above the ankle and the leg is very | badly bruised. The accident happen- i ed in the mountains and by the time | he was brought home and a physician {summoned the leg was very much swollen. gm —— Death of John FF, On last Friday about noon Mr. John F. Harrison, ar., died at his home near Pleasant Gap, at the advanced age of sixty-seven years, His death was the result of a complication of diseases from which Mr. Harrison has been suffering for a number of years. There are left to mourn their loss a wife and a family of grown up children, one of whom is Prof. Harrison, of the Belle- fonte schools. i A Sociable, The ladies of the Reformed Church will hold a sociable at the home of Mra, James A. Keller, on Friday eve- ning, Feb. 16, There is no doubt but what there will be a jolly crowd in at- tendance, as everybody knows that they can have an enjoyable time at that place. All are cordially invited. A A MY] Women School Directors. Centre Hall has not yet elected any female school directors, but there's no telling how soon this may be done as an experiment in harmony. Two wo- men were nominated a few days ago by the Democrats of Hollidaysburg for school directors, Mrs. John H. Law and Miss Annie Irwin, «Do you need a pair of heavy rub- 2m | ber boots or shoes, or anything else in that line? Go to Mingle's, Bellefonte. Harrison. Real Baking Powder . When You Yawn, A well-bred man puts his hand over his mouth when he yawns, but not one well-bred man in 10,000 knows why. The reason is this: Four or five hundred years ago there was a su- | perstition common in Europe that the devil was always lying in wait to en- | ter a man’s body and take possession {of him. Batan generally went in by | the mouth, but when he had waited a | reasonable time and the devil made { him yawn, and while his mouth was {epen jumped down his throat. Bo | many cases of this kind occurred that | the people learned to make the sign of the cross over their mouths they yawned, in order the devil. The peasantry in Italy { Spain still adhere to this method, but | most other people dispensed with the | cross sign and keep out the devil by simply placing the hand before the { lips, It is a most remarkable survival | of a practice after the significance whenever fo scare aw ay and has werished., Wo fp ny Golng for the Lawyers, Mr. Jac of Mill- | helm, writes ter from Philadel- phia, intended for publication, where- i in he wields a hea dellefonte have bh Sankey, formerly us a let vy club against half who, he Sankey estate 95.000 less than it should He endeavors to show that of the Centre have milked the Alder ing to the John sankey the | a dozen lawyers, alleges, caused the {to be worth § { be, these dairymen county bar Mey cow belong- to the estate tune of AaLOVEe sum. Mr. { and means to make it Sankey has on t war paint 80 hot for Belle h will be | fonte law offices that sue able with glad that Philis- up indig- we $4 ow ier t steam heat We are along witho $0 bel to ret mercury iw, sing the law io his hence 1 . “a slayer tines, who wi the use the lawyers aga: whom nation ha all defer the as he aroused, ication of his k will seek redress in a legal way. penn A —————— The 10th Saow. winter began it The tenth snow of the on Monday down with such earnest {to fall forenoon ; came as if it meant to pile up deeper than all the previous sther., It measured just Monday, to added on {ones put tog {9 inches in depth on i which about 2 inches were | Tuesday, | Thus far we | this winter. in Oklahoma | ries about making 11 inches, inc ¥ had 32 hes of snow and It Jost numbers of cattle dian Territo- 30 people their lives in | the storm, and large | have perished. There and high and usual ction the in this se Fon time, wer winds trains were as au ce | How it Feels to bs Hanged The three who came near being lynched for train wrecking at | Pulaski, Va., and who were strung up and nearly choked to death before they were cut down, have told what it feels like to be dangling by the neck at a rope’s end. They say that death by hanging cannot be very painful. There was a choking sensation, followed quickly by a state of utter unconscious- ness and that was their whole experi- ence. Now if you don't believe it feels good to be hung, go and try it by hang- ing yourself, NBegroes Brief Locals, C. B. Breon, of Millheim, has rented the Musser mill in that town, hereto- fore run by Mr. M'Mullen who goes to the Red mill in Potter tp. The people who go by groundhog science as a weather guide, find they got left by their professor this time. A farmers’ institute is in progress at Rebersburg, this week. The rolling mills of the Valentine iron company at Bellefonte will start up in full time this week. ai Monday's Storm, Monday's snow-storm was most se- vere all over the west and in the east. Great snow blockades are reported, and Chicago never had a worse snow blockade. In some parts of the west the snow is over two feet in depth. From all sections of our own state come reports of snow 12 to 15 inches in depth, and violent storm. In our own county the storm was not so vio- lent. Miffiin County Deaths, In Derry township, Feb. 2, Peter Clum, aged 45 years, In Bratton township, Feb. 2, David Jenkins, Sr., aged 93 years. In Deiry township, Feb. 8, Mrs. Amanda E., wife of Rev. John Moh- ler, aged 55 years. In Lewistown, Jan. 26, James KE. Woodrow, in his 74th year, ———————— No better assortment. —Subscribe for the REFoRTER. Not a Game of Bluff, Btate Buperintendent of Public In- struction Schaeffer assures the Coun- ty Buperintendent of Tioga that he is not playing a game of bluff in sending out an order that unless school dis- tricts have a continuous term he will hold their appropriation. Dr. Behaefl- er rules that the division of the six months into several terms is a man- ifest violation of the law, This isdone by country district Bchool Boards to gave a month or two, in the mean- while depriving pupils of the benefits of the school law. A number of dis- tricts have even reduced the term and the tax as well, depending on the ap- propriation to pull them through. These are the districts Dr. Schaeffer is after, and his assurance to the Superin- tendent of Tioga is his answer {0 every It will b ors to the county in the state. race up the economical direct the niean- ing of law, or a a — Recent Deaths, On Friday of last week John F. He known resident of Pleas- ant Gap, died aged 67 years. A wife left to mourn his loss an aged resident of few days rison, a well- and children are Wm. Pursley, Weikert, aged near 59 years, Mrs, wife of Michael of Sth, lingered in Union co., died a Pletch- aged near Susan, er, Howard, died on 73 years. Bhe an illness of 21 years duration. Mrs. James M’' Mullin, aged 45 years, ¥+ of Milesburg, died last week. aorge Markle, unday Cis died mors , a son of at home near Roopsburg, 8 aged 2 4 Years, ning, - A About to Resume factories of rt been In a very little since last June, preparing to Most of ocked and during the panie closed entirely. ave are resume, them were overst SALE REGISTRY. east of Linden household goods, yeton at 10 o'clock March 7 ~-Wash. Thorp, 3 mile Hall, horses, eattie, sheep elec. Sale to onmnn March 16.-J. W hoses, Catlie, goods, el Mar war Centre HIN mente, household Immun farm Gen tmp 2 miles south of Lin horses and mules, 40 hoad ists of Aldernys, Jer- 12 yearling Balls hibred short-horn stack, 3 2 year oid ewes a OOm pew line of farm I ments, 20 sogs, harness Pina other ar- head of shee; p ele and A navely, SOCK 13 miles east of Old horses, oatlle, farm im- plements, gra ground, ete Jae 2 miles cant of Centre horses pigs, farm implements, ele, siie Lo Coming noe at 1 o'clock March 30 ~W_A. Kerr and Mrs, M. J. Odenkirk, executors of John Odenkirk, dec'd, st the Old Fort, horses, cows, ¢ic., and household goods, at one o'clock, Wm Goheen, suction. our March 27 Hall, GRAIN MARKET. Bre Cor ....... Onis new Barley wins ————— Book whesi. caw comin sone PRODUCE AT STORES, Buller .....con wcorcssrsrsnoms Fags. Shonide ™" Ba onic Tallow Potatoes Hides Hard Times Purse Persuaders. Little Money Counts Big At Garman's Store. Here Is A Partial List From which to choose; just enough to disclose what is being done all through the endless world of merchandise on sale here:
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