THe cEnTRe REPORTER. CIT HIS THROAT YOUNG MARRIED MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Elias Smith, in wBimak Hawk,” Whaoks His Throat with a Razor. Domes. tie DiMiculties the Cause, Frep. Kurtz, EDITCR AND PUBL! SHER CENTRE HALL, PA, Tnuss. Mar. 1. THE RACKET On Tuesday morning, last, Elias Smith, a young married man, attempt- | ed to commit suicide, by cutting his | throat from ear to ear. Smith lives in “Black Hawk,” a do- main about two miles west of Centre Hall, along Nittany mountain. He and his wife, the latter a grand daugh- ter of Philip Floray, did not get along very amiably, Mrs. Smith charging that her husband abused her. She left her husband about ten days ago, ! ' snd went to her grandfather's, Philip : Floray. Our Spring Goods On Saturday she appeared before Announcement Department. | Esquire Boal, and made oath she fear- What's a Botany Dress Goods Depart-| oq her life was in danger from her ment? U ask. UH C later on. husband. Smith afterwards called at the Squire's office to ascertain if this was correct. Being informed that it was, he then requested Squire Boal to draw up an affidavit, which he would swear to, declaring that if his wife re- turned to him again, he would never thereafter harm her, and had this pre- sented to her. On Tuesday morning he went to] Floray's and asked to be admitted to | the house to see his wife. This Floray | refused. Smith then requested that | she come out to see him—which re- No. 9 Cvider's Evchange, Bellefonte, 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 (!. These exhibits change every two weeks. | Botany Dress Farina Department! What's a Farina Department ? U ask. U1 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 | quest was also refused. LO | THESE MANY DAYS Smith then said that if he would not | . * | be permitted to see his wife, he would | 0—0 cut his throat. Floray replied: “Cut, and be d—d.” Smith then displayed a razor and proceeded to put into effect his threat. | He drew the razor across the left side .| of his throat, then up to the front of { his chin, making two deep cuts. Then GG. R. BSPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. Bellefonte, Pa. DEATH OF CYRUS GOSS, STORIES, He Expires at Hix Home In Altooni on | How an Millhelm Landlord Cured the Sing- | Thursday Morning. gers, : The death of ex-Treasurer Cyrus | W. 8. Musser, the popular Millheim Goss ocurred last Thursday, at his | hotelist, has a prompt method of deal- home on Second avenue, Altoona, at ing with staggers in horses that stops about four o'clock in the morning. |it without a peradventure and he also | This information was surprisingly sad | knows what to do with a kicker and news in this place, as it was known to | run-a-way, and he does not need to but a few that Mr. Goss was ill, and | consult a horse doctor either, his illness was then of such a nature | Bill, it seems, lately had in posses as not to be alarming. He had only | sion a horse which took stagge been ill a week or so, first suffering | most annoying of all horse sins. The | from an attack of 1a grippe, which de- | other day, while out driving with his veloped into pleuri-pneumonia, and | Wifé, the horse took one of its spells, death ended his sufferings in a short | When “mine host” got out of his rig time. | and pointing his revolver to where the | Mr. (Goss was born in Baileyville, | staggers are located, he fired. The an- and resided in this county all his life | imal dropped and has not had the | until last spring when he removed | staggers since and never will have, | with his family from Centre Hall to either. This certainly is a quick, ef- Altoona, where at the time of his|fective, humane and cheap way to death he was engaged in the insur- ance business. Several years ago he was elected county Treasurer by the] Republicans, in this stronghold of De- | and he served his term and | whose sins consisted in being alkicker He | and run-a-way, and his disgust with | ! the animal became so intense that he | sighed and prayed for an opportunity had for One day Newt Wolf, from | eastern Brush valley, stopped at the | Musser hotel, as usual, driving a fine stepper. {That same day a horse had i died for Newt. i gers, that | | treat staggers in horses, and it should | be applied to all horses subject to this { trouble. Years ago Mr. Musser owned a horse mocracy, office faithfully and consistently. was a very popular gentleman, amia- ble and of a genial disposition, His remains were brought from Al- toona to Pine Grove Mills on Batur- | day for interment, and the funeral took place on Sunday, at one o'clock to trade off his horse for one that some degree of culture and re spect | his master, Mrs. Goss’ mother. The funeral was largely attended. A special train from Bellefonte veyed many to the last sad rites when they would lay his body in the tomb. | He was interred with Masonic rites | Kick and run off, aud wished he by the Knight Templars of Bellefonte, of which order he was a member. Rev, | Bol kick and run aw Black, of the Boalsburg teformed | Newt at church officiated at the services assist- | guarantee not to kick or run away, ed by Rev's Aikens and Illingsworth. {I'll trade ‘unsight unseen.’ Mr. Goss was aged 40 years, 2months | take your horse along He wife and |can send over and get mine.” to their loss, | said Musser, and the kick- con-1 Musser then opened up the subject, lof having a horse that was trouble- vs § Ant ROINEe O61 dd of iis Prop usity 10 could trade ofl his stood On one that would ay. I'l an’ I'l YOu BANE, “I've a horse th an’ home and and 16 days. leaves a eleven children mourn “Agreed,” PERSONAL. the RerorTeER office a call Saturday. —Mr. W. was in town yesterday on a trip. business ——John Kennedy and family, of Johnstown, Pa., are visiting Mrs, Mar- tha Odenkirk. —Ridney Krumrine, of Rebersburg, was in town Tuesday, visiting at mon Harper's. ——W: B. Rankin, Bellefonte's in- surance agent, was in Centre Hall on Monday. Miss Alice Kline, of near Belle fonte, was the guest of the family of J. Boal, last week. Si Laura Rankle among friends and relatives at Middle- burg, last week. —— Miss —Mr. George Reiber, the newly elected Inspector of south Potter, fa- vored the on Tuesday. music dealer of Millheim, spent Fri- day evening in town, —Miss Alda Sankey, west of town, serious illness the past week. —Dr. Hollingsworth, who gave ex- hibitions last year at the granger’s pic- nie of training horses, has been in the town this week. Samuel Shoop, who has been lo- cated in Williamsport for several months, has returned and accepted a job at the foundry. w—eMr. Jack Tate, living near Le- mont, accompanied by Mayor Riter, called at the RepoRrTER office last Sat- urday. Mr. Tate is a Democrat and a ‘very agreeable gentleman. —Wm. Goheen, the prince of auc- tioneers, gave the REPORTER a call on Tuesday. Mr. Goheen's services are in demand every day this month, and on one or two days has two different sales. wee Mr, Jacob Smith, the Tussey- ville merchant, gave the REPORTER a call on Tuesday. Mr. Smith is admin- istrator of estate of Jacob Meiss, dec’d., and advertises the real estate at public sale on the 26th inst, ~=Mr. A. N. Finkle, of near Spring Mills, made a business trip to Centre Hall Monday. Mr. Finkle is operat- ing a lumber job, shipping from Penn Cave, and says the market has been very dull the last several months. went Tuesday, Mr. William Mey- er, of Rebersburg, removed his house- hold goods to Centre Hall, where he will assume the job as miller at Bar- tholomew’s flouring mill. Centre Hall welcomes him as a citizen, wn Mra, Ezra C. Harter and Mrs, Wm. Ehrhart, two Georges Valley la- dies, gave our sanctuill a pleasant call yesterday, while in Centre Hall doing some shopping. They report nothing new in that section, the general health good, save some grip trouble. Monday evening Mr. and Mrs, James Neff departed for the west after a visit in their native valley ofnearly a year. They will go to Denver, Colora- do, where they will remain for the present. James owns a large ranch in the southern part of Colorado. The women in the house seeing him in the act, raised a great outery which was heard by a neighbor, Amos Park- ier, and he and a brother of Smith, who was bleeding profusely, took him home, where Parker, from experience | he had in the army, managed to check i the flow, and Dr. Emerick was sent | for. { The Dr. found that Smith had | ered a branch of the jugular vein and | the super maxillary artery on the chin. i REV i I required some thirteen stitches to | sew up the gash made. Dr. Emerick found that a little deep- { er cut would have severed the jugular and carotid Jarteries, in which death would have been ¢ertain, Dr. thinks Smith may recover hemorrhage ensues. evening previous case The if no there Flor- { ay, at the latter's home, from which | Smith came away with a wound upon his forehead caused by a hatchet. EE A Sale Postponed, Mr. Wash Thorp, who had announc- { ed public sale of his farm stock, imple | ments, ete., at his residence, one-half | mile east of Linden Hall, on Wednes- day, March 7th, has indefinitely post- poned the sale, owing to other and later arrangements. Mr. Thorp had concluded to dispose of all his person- al property and remove to the west, and had posters printed announcing his sale, but later circumstances com- pelled him to change his mind, and has rented a farm near Lemont, where he will remove, and still remain a good Centre coliuty citizen, which he is. (a wmreiim— ha b—— { Married at the Parsonage. On-Tuesday, 20th inst.,, Mr. Philip C. Bradford, son of the late William Bradford, of the Old Fort, and Miss Katie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lee, of Tusseyville, were married at the Reformed parsonage, by Rev. Eisenberg. Philip is station agent at Linden Hall and he is to be congratu- lated in securing such a fine young la- dy as Miss Lee asa companion toshare these earthly joys with him. iy) tp Mp 7 He Quoted Reripture. - A bashful justice of the peace, resid- ing in the lower end of the valley, being called upon to marry a blushing coup- le, thought it proper to quote some scripture in addition to the usual for- mula. He ransacked his brain for some thing appropriate, and then said: “Sufter little children to come unto you, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” B———————— Mrs. Wm. Weaver. Mrs, Wm. Weaver, living in the Far. Mills section, died on Thursday last. She was a daughter of John Ri- shel, dec'd, and a step sister of esq. Luther Rishel. The funeral took piace at the Union church cemetery on Sun- day last. We do not have farther par- ticulars, Changes, Mosan Gilbert, of the east end of Miles, has moved to the Will Moyer mill property west of Rebersburg ‘on north side of valley. Will Moyer has three daughters and eight sons. | was led out and taken away. cps Mp ol A Word, It has been an invariable rule a this office to consign every communi- cation to the waste basket, which does not contain the signature of the writer, | and repeated notices to this effect have | : : been published, but to some it is with- | BO back on a bargain and the out effect. ly necessary to insure publication, as) an evidence of good faith on the part | of the writer, and no communication, | no matter of how much importance, | REPORTER un- | PE8 less accompanied by the name of the] old papers Reveral re- | Clerk Ellery to | Haven iD written before the i i horse, the man coming for it was ¢ | ken out ina field where lay = dead { horse which Newt said was the one to kick traded and guaranteed not or {run away. Musser proved he wasn’t the ma rad "ns . ’ ained a trade. The signature is absolute. | TaN d a trade EC ——— a fiow He Hetaliated, ‘Please pay your postage when the write to nu is rejuest that a . . a #5 1 1 letior found 3 will be inserted in the z nan old lett nd Tt g rt aeRO rie the fie jell now being MeNaul BAYS writer. communications ceived this week again compel us make the announcement. If your) communication is not worthy of your stamped envelopes and was written by : . W. Quiggle, th lerk name, surely the article is not worthy 14 W. Quiggle, the as | county commisioner, to A. G. | of Mr. Curtin, fo | it seems, made Mr. days of stamps then for the the space. oe weilefontie, AA AS the sent my ied In York pa) Dr. Charles H. died i York Thursday morning of a stroke of received postage On i n that gent : had Bressler way of reali he a few The deceased was born at paralysis, which weeks ago, { Mill Hall, being a son of Hon. George | Bressler, Afterwards he resis dent of Bellefonte, where he practiced dentistry many years. While in this borough he and Miss Sarah Tonuer, | daughter of John Tonner, were mar ried. Later in life he removed ay ba erable statesman i no do ‘ ole Pp i Woes A r will 1 bit of asantry { his ole friend. Wo py A Willlamaport Inventor's Scheme to ¥. (i. Burchard, a Williamsport by three daughters and four sons. He | quetries of that city. and of the Masonic fraternity. { toursville. Full of Sensations, Bellefonte, that staid old town which he proposes to place a large turbine ang boasts proudly of its statesmen and | wheel in the channel and the broken-down aristocracy, has furnish- | rushing on the wheel will, he ed more sensational tales for its furnish driving force equivalent to sips in the last month or two, than { from 30,000 50,000 powet. would fill a medium sized book. Al Prominent business men are consider newspaper catering to sensationalism | ing his scheme. would find a good field in which to work, and the tales without the least exaggeration, would make interesting stories to read, though hardly the kind one would expect to find in a Bunday school journal. ROS | to horse A A Course of a Jaw An exchange asks: How many miles will the jaws of a gum-chewing girl travel in the course of a year? and then says: Giving her jaw a play of half inch or one inch of a travel for each chew, thirty chews a minute, six- ty minutes an hour, ten hours a day, 865 days in a year, her jaws have travel ed 6,750,000 inches or a fraction over 108 miles. This for the girl with the small mouth; the big mouthed girl ean beat that record. bs A A AAA i ————— Io ATU IT ARIA Religions Notice, Rev. James W. Boal will deliver two sermons in the Presbyterian church at this place next Sabbath; one in the morning at 10.80 o'clock and the oth- er in the evening at 7 o'clock. These will be the last sermons Rev. Boal will deliver before leaving for his new field of labor. The C. E. society will also meet in the Presbyterian church next Sabbath evening. AI A AAA Finger Cnt Of, On Thursday, of last week, while Frank Swab was at work on Ross & Meyer's saw mill, on the Barney Wag- ner farm, at the west end of Egg Hill, he had the little finger of his left hand cut off, by accidentally coming in con- tact with the edger. Evangelioal Conference, Today, Thursday, the Evangelical Conference of Central Pennsylvania, will meet in session at East Prospect, and continue until next week. The body numbers over one hundred in membership. Rev. Goodling left on Wednesday to be in attendance. It is likely he will remain at Centre Hall for another year, A 1 DASA Brief Loeal 1tems, Thursday and Friday of last week were cold with raw wind on Friday. Doe. Riter reports not much disease among horses &i present, but some consumption among cows, Have a Pastor, The Aaronsburg Reformed charge has secured a pastor, a call having been accepted by Rev. A. W. Brown, of Clinton county, who will enter up-| Last Friday night and Saturday on his duties in that charge beginning | morning were snorting cold. of next April. : Took French Leave. The Small Cloverseed. LD Re Baking Powder - A LEWISBURG INCENDIARY. An Infernnl Machine Discovered in the Cel lar of a Business Block By a timely discovery a great explo- sion and fire was averted at Lewisburg on Monday night of last week, Moke was sed n issuing from the basament of the business block belong- of the late Hon, Chas, of the an in- Nailed against the joists of ing to the estate Wolfe. An premises reveal =. examination led the work of cendiary. discovered a cellar was large box from which a cloud of smoke arose. It was knocked down and earried into it examination, to be a sort of the street, where was found, upon y \ infernal | machine, containing a bottle of pow- ! a } COL stibles. Early in the evening an elder broth- of the late Mr. Wolfe, known about ow hie der, cotton and other er y claims Lo have gentleman's SOE entering The i i, next Milt ew isburg, and after a he Hi had executor and at taken wring was threatened to kill broth- excites tail to jail. the torney of hi There wa ment on the street § estate, i. £1 being taken to jail. — A Big - The 12th Snow Biizzard. $ 1s winter, set in on by Monday The 12 snow of tl Sunday night and morn- ing it was 4 inches in depth and the fiercest storm of the higl this winter raging; temperature wis considerably er than on Saturday and Sunday. i § a record of this winter's snows, showing twelve in 1 and amoer ¢ 41 $i i wr Fun 11 i SNOWiIall © ind inches, inches inchs inches, inches, He's About Right SCTIOTS ne does a man = ! % { that every one he vst ii § do any go ver fellow, | j= a small matter, it will make no and his dif- | and as we are a cls ! ference’ ey - Clothing. In addition to our large of Men's, Boy's and Children’s clothing, “line of samples,” senting several of the leading clothing line we show a repre- houses in the East. A full and complete measure taken, Men's Suits, $7.50 to £15.00, Joy's Suits, $3.50 to $10.00 Child's Suits, £1.50 to $5.00. All new fresh Spring Styles, MoxraoMery & Co. Bellefonte, Pa. af i sms Gettysburg Will be the Place, General Greenland has practically decided upon the Gettysburg battle field for the fortheoming annual en- campment of the division of the na- tional guard of Pennsylvania, and will shortly issue general orders to the guard giving the date of the encampment. The water supply for the camp will be piped eight miles. a—— | —— Aurora Dorealis, Friday evening, between ten and eleven o'clock, witnessed a brilliant display in the heavens of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. The display lasted for about a half hour, and the effect of the pillars and bright colored flashes of light were superb. a — "5 Fine Team. As fine a team of horses as is in the valley, is occasionally driven to Centre Hall by Mr. William Lutz, living about two miles east of town. They always excite admiration, and Mr. Latz can well feel proud of them. Electrical Hallway. The proposed electric railway con- necting Lock Haven and Mill Hall is seemingly a sure thing so far, as it has been decided to go to work on the pro- posed route as soon as spring opens. Bweet as distant bells at sunset, Sweet as songs of joyous may, Are the footsteps of subscribers When they come their dues to pay. . Middleburg Post, Annual Report of the College The of the Pennsylvania R State College has just been filed with the Becretary of Harrisburg. The report deals with the Agricultural Experiment Btation in Centre Co, The receipts from the Treasurer of the I nited States, according to act of Con- of $15,000, This amount has been expended to the last Wc fp annual Mtate gress were leaving expenditures and re- ceipts exactly balanced. The princi pal items of expense were $11,587.47 for $722,009; for print. ing, $632.12; for live stock, $585.68; for chemical $601.41. The board of trustees feels that the experi- penny, salaries; for supplies, laboratory, ment is an undoubted success, although it also believes thatjwith ampler funds, the be Improved in many respects. school could en ——— om —— Reward for Horse Thieves, The Indiana county commissioners are offering $100 reward for the capture of horse thieves who have been doing the county lately. They have also in- reward of Bookamire to creased the of £300. citi mpomsem——— Wolf & Crawford have made some big reductions in prices. It will pay you to call and see. weribe for the REPORTER, $1.50, SALE REGISTRY. R lee, chsin ope mile south of Tosser stends, cook stove, 1 cow, dishes, and oid goods, sale 10 begin al sor Sait ies, caphoa or house m Lutz, two miles east of Cen- raes, Onttie, sheep, term imple y Sale at ten o'clock, ~At the Stone Mil, in Potter township, 2 horses, 2 cows. § head young farm implements, ets. Wm. Goheen, unetioneer hh 7 ~~Wash, The BOTeS, C8 Y mile east of Linden , sheep, household goods, newce #1 10 o'clock, Dashem, near Centre Hill farm implements, household Lin- mules, 40 bead Aldernys, Jer 12 yearling Bulls, d short-horo stock, 40 wl Z year old ewes, & oom new line of farm implements, 20 hogs, harness, and other ar jayeit, 2 miles south of i and ets of hed hosts and OM a miles east of . vattie, farm ud, elec. an. 2 miles east of Centre ; . pigs, farm implements, el sie to commence al 1 o'clock March 30 «~W, A. Rerrand Ne. M. J. Odenkirk, executor of John Odenkirk, decd, st the Od Fort, horses, cows, eic., and household % clock, Wa (oben. saction- goods, 81 606 © Hal oer GRAIN MARKET, Wheat. Rye SC COR ..conmsevsssn Onis new Barley ...... Book whoRt ov inen PRODUCE AT STORES, Butler. coca Hagges lard Ehoulders. Ham Taliow Potatoes, Sides... 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: Two prisoners dug their way through the wall of the Clinton counay jail; at Lock Haven, the other evening and s made their escape, others do and sell you goods at prices 8. W. Smith OF utitre EL, wants quality of their stock is guar: _ | moved to Centre Hall and takes charge Mr. Jacob Wagner, one of Pot. |of Bartholmew’s (late Kurtz's) mill, ter township's practical and represen- tative citizens, gave us a call on Tues- For sale, ten bushels of the Small Cloverseed. Apply to Samuel Harter, Georges Valley. 2 dud Wolf & Crawford continue to pay by & you as much for you as any bie tue jn ~Lewins, Bellefonte, has the most h his establishment you can be suited in | ~—Lowins, Bellefonte, Is making ot
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