THE CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED, KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. Aug. 16.
"THE RACKET
No. 9 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte,
Leader in Dry Goods.
Leader in Notions.
Leader in Novelties.
Leader in Shoes.
Leader in Everything.
Our Specialties.....
Botany Dress Goods Department.
Vantine Department.
Oak Cemical Department.
Butterick Pattern and Publication
Department.
“New Idea” Pattern Department.
Housekeeper's Department.
Whiting Stationary Department.
Hall’s Legal Blank Department.
togers’ Silveryare Department.
They say, “The Racket” is up to
date. What do U say?
G. R. BSPIGELMYER,
SHEM SBPIGELMYER, Jr.
Bellefonte, Pa.
PERSONAL.
——Mrs. Plotts and child, of Muncy,
is the guest of Mrs. C. B. Boob.
—Mrs. C. H. Goodling has gone
on a visit to herson Charles, at New
Berlin.
——Dr. VanValzah, Spring Mills’
noted physician, was in Centre Hall
yesterday.
——Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Meyer went
to Tyrone Saturday, and returned
Monday.
Roland Keller drove up from
Turbotville last week and visited
among friends.
— Chris. H. Murray is off on a sev-
eral day®’ trip to Reading, combining
pleasure and business.
Mrs. Dr. Ward and Mrs. Dr.
nesday with friends in town.
to her cousin, Miss Anna Mingle.
—— Prof. H. F. Bitner and son Har-
ry left last week for the scene of his
labors, the Millersville State Normal
school.
Dr. McCluny Radcliff, wife and
daughter, of Philadelphia, are visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Shannon Boal,
past week.
—Mr. and Mrs. John Royer, of
near Bellefonte, formerly residents of
our valley, spent Saturday with friends
in Centre Hall
Mrs. B. D. Brisbin and daughter
Mrs. Harry Boone, spent Sunday at
Mifflinburg, the guests of the family of
Rev. Isaac Heckman,
—Miss Grace Lukenbach, a bright
and vivacious young lady from Belle
fonte, visited her cousin, Miss Tace
Kreamer the last week.
~Mr. James Hannah, of Spring
Mills, was in Centre Hall Monday
morning, and reports everything in
good shape in his vicinity.
weOur friend, W. H. Lucas, of Cen-
tre Hill, gave us a call and put his la-
bel ahead to '95. He reports they had
a share of Monday's hail storm, but
no damage done.
— Dr. Bright, of Rebersburg, a very
pleasant gentleman, Mr. M. C. Gep-
hart, the popular music dealer, of
Millheim, and Bamuel F , the well-
known carriage builder of Miles, were
in town the other day and gave us a
friendly handshake.
we ev, Wm, K. Foster, pastor of
the Mechanicsburg Presbyterian
church, with family, are visiting
at Mrs. Foster's parents at Btorms-
town, this county. The Rev. came
down to Centre Hall Monday, and
visited at the home of Mr. Henry
Boozer,
we Andy Reesman and family re-
turned last Thursday evening from
their visit to Plainfield and Joliet, Ill
He reports the damage done by -the
drought as being great. Andy will in
all probability remove to Plainfield
and go into business if he can come to
terms with the owner of an establish
ment in that place,
~The Hagerstown, Md., Evening
News, of July 25th, has the following :
On and after Monday next, Mr. J.
Clarke Kieffer who has been connect.
ed with this paper in the capacity of
reporter for the past two months will
take entire charge of the local news de-
partment, Mr. Kieffer's work while
on this paper has been of the very
best character and in recognition of
the fidelity with which he has always
tunided io ba dotten, 15 the iomsien
PRETTY WEDDING.
Centre Hall and Charleston Join Hands, —
¥alr One Captured,
Thursday evening, of last week, was
an interesting one for this town, the
occasion being the marriage of Mary
8., only daughter of D. J. and Mrs,
Eliza Meyer to J. Whitney McCor-
mick, of Charleston, 8. C., formerly of
this place.
Invited guests to the number of
nearly one hundred had responded
with their presence and presents, fill-
ing the home of the fair bride to its
utmost. The evening was lovely, ren-
dered especially so by a change toa
cooler atmosphere, from the almost in-
tolerant heat of the day previous.
Precisely at 8 p. m., Miss Jennie
Kreamer, a cousju of the bride, took
charge of the organ and rendered the
wedding march in fine style, which
was the signal of the appearance of the
bride and groom, minister and attend-
ant parties, who proceeded to the west
end of the parlor, where the ceremony
was performed by Rev. 8B. H. Eisen-
berg. The bride was attired in a rich
dress of white mull, adorned with a
bouquet of rare flowers. The groom
looked the picture of chivalry and
manliness. The ceremony over all ap-
proached the newly wedded couple
and extended congratulations and best
wishes for happiness,
The greetings over, tables were plac-
ed—four chairs to each-—cloths were
spread, the necessary ware provided,
and all seated; the waiters were on
hand with courses of cold chicken,
ham, chicken salad, celery, cake of
dantiest bake, coffee, ice cream, and
other delicacies, and an hour was spent
in pleasant chat and partaking of the
good things as course after course turn-
ed up and went the rounds. The re-
freshment hour ended, some retired to
their homes, while others lingered in
song and social chat until midnight.
There were guests present from Ty-
rone, Bellefonte, Potters Mills, Rebers-
berg, and our town and vicinity. The
Con-
sisting of silverware, china and glass-
ware, spreads, napkins, ete, all of
goodly price—one large table was
crowded with these handsome presents,
The parlor was handsomely decorated
with palms, and other beautiful plants
and vines—taken alltogether, it was a
most pleasurable wedding.
Our village looses one of its much
esteemed young ladies, and Mr. Me-
Cormick can feel proud of having
gained so estimable a wife.
May this union of north and south
of the States.
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Have a Stone Crusher.
Harris township has purchased a
stone crusher of improved pattern, and
Good roads should interest
all, and farmers especially. Our town-
ship roads have been abomnable long
enough, and with stone crushers the
right kind of material to make good
roads can be had at far less cost than
under the old stone-hammer system.
But then you want to elect good men
as supervisors, who know how to make
good roads.
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The Nittany Valley Peach Crop.
For a number of years past the crop
of Nittany Valley has been large and
many of the finest peaches sold in
this market come from that section.
The prospects are that the crop this
year will be light compared with pre-
vious years. One of the largest grow-
ers of the luscious fruit in the valley
said today that the crop will be 2,000
bushels less thao it was two years ago.
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Merit Will, Win,
Postmaster General Bissel has issued
an order that hereafter appointment
to positions as railway mail superin-
tendents shall be confined to the clerks
in the division of the railway mail ser-
vice in which the vacancy occurs
Heretofore these appointments were
made through political influence from
outside the service.
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A Fiendish Act,
Last SBatuday night some miscreant
went into the field of Thomas Kenne-
dy at Fillmore aud tore up his self-
binder. The cutter bar, piston rod,
bolts and a number of nuts were re
moved and many carried off or hidden.
The web was removed and the machine
badly dilapidated in every particular.
Why not Put in Use?
Lewisburg has more money than it
puts to good use—the two banks in
that town have $400,000 on deposit.
Why not start some enterprises with
their surplus cash and for once give
staid old Derrstown a boom ?
A Peculiar Aceldent,
bi Yeager, pitcher of the Milroy
base ball team, in attempting to throw
a ball, being a left hander, broke his
arm above the elbow, right at the
thick muscle. It was a most peculiar
accident.
Farm for Sale.
If you want to purchase one of the
best little farms in Pennsylvania, read
the sale ad. of J. B. Royer, in Reror-
PROF, KIEFFER RESIGNS,
And the School Board Klects Edwin J,
Wolf to the Position,
Under date of August 4th, Prof. J.
Clarke Kieffer, who was elected to
take charge of the Centre Hall gram-
mar school by the school board, sends
in his resignation as teacher, having
been appointed city editor of a paper
in Hagerstown, Md., which position
is by far preferable t9 teaching school
in Centre Hall, The school board
met at their regular meeting on Tues.
day evening, and elected Edwin J.
Wolf to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Prof. Kieffer, Ed-
win Wolf is a graduate of the Gettys-
burg college, and being one from our
midst, is ably fitted for the position.
There were many who had hoped
for the return of Prof. Kieffer, as his
work the last term was of the best and
popular with the pupils, and satisfac-
tory to the directors.
The schools will open the latter part
of September, with Edwin Wolf, R.
D. Foreman and Miss Maggie Hanna
in charge, a competent and efficient
corps of instructors,
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Sulclded at Huntingdon.
Harry Kerstetter, boss blacksmith
at the Reformatory, Huntingdon, and
formerly from Sugar Valley, and well-
known to some readers of the REPOR-
TER, committed suicide at his home in
Huntingdon last Friday, by blowing
the top of his head oft with ashot gun.
Kerstetter acted very queerly that
morning and arose very early. His
wife tried to pacify him, but with no
success, and she went for assistance to
some friends. While she was absent
Kerstetter put heavily loaded shells in
a shot gun, and repaired to the stable,
placed the muzzle of the gun to the
side of his head and pulled the trigger.
The side of the stable was spattered
with brains, blood, pieces of skull, ete.
Temporary derangement is assigned
the cause for the rash deed. He was
a prominent member of the Odd Fel
lows’ order.
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Much Road,
Potter township, we dare say, has
more public roads to keep up than any
other township in the county, with
corresponding expense for repairing
and keeping up its roads. There are
from sixty to seventy-five miles of pub-
lic roads to take care of and that means
no small bill of expense each year. On
the south side of the valley the roads
mapped out as they lie, would look
like a net work, the nature of the ter-
ritory being such as to require many
roads.
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An Arm Broken.
On Tuesday Thomas Fleisher and
John Lee were driving a stake at Col-
yer's saw mill across the valley, and
Lee was swinging the sledge and
Fleisher holding the stake. During
the operation the sledge slipped off the
handle and struck Fleisher on the left
arm between the wrist and elbow,
breaking the bone squarely off, and
bruising him considerably.
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Killeda Tarantals,
Last Monday while Simon Harper
was unpacking a bunch of banannas,
a tarantula jumped out the bunch and
started across the warehouse floor. Bi-
mon swatted the venomous spider,
ank ended the race right there. It
was large, and about twice as big as
our largest spiders, and was a hideous
object.
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V/4 Them Blow Horns,
The Centre Hall brass band instru-
ments were knocked off last Saturday
at coustable’s sale for $50--we suppose
they cost $350. Our boys have quit
blowing, and gone to batting, and
must do better striking, else constable
Swab will be after their balls and
too,
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Crops in Ohio.
J. 8, Driver writes us, August 6,
from West Milton, Ohio, “The drought
has injured our corn and potatoes, in
fact all crops, so that there won't be
anything to sell, and some have to
buy; pasture is all dried up, so that we
have to feed just the same as in win-
ter.”
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Leg Broken.
While bathing in the ereek near his
home a few days ago, a young son of
ex-Register John A. Rupp, of Oak
Hall, had his leg broken. The Iad
was under a bridge that was being re-
paired when a heavy piece, of timber
fell on him.
Had You Thought of It,
The figure 9 is with us and has come
to stay. Few men or women now liv-
ing will ever date a document without
using a9, It now stands third--1804
where it will remain six years. It will
THAT GAME,
A SATAN,
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Reedaville Swipes Up the Earth with Our
Ball Team,
Our ball club were laboring under
the impression that they were an ag-
gregation of phenoms when they were
inveigled into accepting a challenge
from the team at Reedsville, across
the mountain in Mifflin county, and
they accordingly hied themselves
thither last Friday, but when Reeds-
ville had finished their end of the
game our team was of the “busted”
phenom character. The score was 21
to 1 in Reedsville’s favor. Our team
never put up a better and stiffer game
but were outclassed by the Axe-makers
at almost every point. They batted
the ball and ran the bases like profes
sionals, while their fielding was sharp
and snappy. A most friendly sud-
ience of several hundred witnessed the
game, which was in direct contrast
with the previous game played by our
team, and not a single roast did they
get, being frequently applauded
throughout the game for clever play-
ing.
The team could not hit Reedsville’s
pitcher, while they slugged the ball
like flends, but when Centre Hall hit
it it seemed to go right into a flelder's
hands for an easy out,
The team was most courteously
treated and entertained, and if they did-
n't succeed in bringing home aball they
brought some high sounding words of
praise instead for the town.
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Great Shower of Haln and Hail,
Monday forenoon one of the heaviest
showers of rain and hail passed over
this town and vicinity that we know
of, and we had some great showers in
the spring. About nine o'clock it got
80 dark that lamps had to be lit in the
business places. A little before ten
o'clock it began to rain and continued
for half an hour, in torrents such as
never before were witnessed here.
With it was a great shower of hail that
made the ground look white, the hail
was of the sizes of cherries and peas.
There was considerable lightning and
thunder, and some wind, For rain
and hail it exceeded anything known
here before. The hail did no serious
damage in this vicinity, not having
been large enough for that.
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At Work.
The Bellefonte Central railroad will
be extended from State College to
Pine Grove Mills, This means the
erection of a six-mile branch and a
gang of men are at work now. The
citizens of that community subscribed
for this extention which will prove an
advantage to the community. This
branch is to be completed by this fall
and it will bring to Bellefonte a cer
tain amount of trade that formerly
drifted to Tyrone.—Centre Democrat.
Hunaway.
On Monday morning as Rev. Kep-
ner, Evangelical minister at Rebers-
burg, was on his way home from Mad-
jsonpurg the axle of his buggy broke,
causing the horse to take fright and
run away. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kep-
ner were thrown from the buggy.
Mrs. Kepner sustained some painful
though not dangerous bruises. The
Rev. did hot get hurt much.
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Reverend Joseph Nesbitt Dead,
Rev. Joseph Nesbitt, for thirty-four
years pastor of the Great Island Pres-
byterian church at Lock Haven, died
on Tuesday morning, aged sixty-seven
years. He was one of the most learn-
ed men in the West Branch valley,
and was well-known throughout the
state.
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A Late Date.
The Mifflin county fair will be held
December 4th and 5th, instead of Sep-
tember as published in many papers.—
Free Press. A little late, but a good
idea, nevertheless, people can attend
the fair in sleighs.
The Difference.
A simple way to remember the dif
ference between the Virginia creeper
and the poison ivy is this: If the vine
has five leaves, corresponding to the
five fingers of your hand, you may
handle it; if it has only three leaves,
you may not handle it.
Cheap Whiskey,
At Bellwood, Blair county, whiskey
retails at 5 cents a glass instead of 10,
and beer sells at two glasses for a nick-
el. The hotel men must have a sur
plus to ruin the business in this man-
ner.
Will Kill Some Judges.
The next legislature will consider a
the 1p for ocoupancy.
So ———— nat,
~Whether you want a suit made of
order Ewin 91030 cheaper than ssowhere
win 83.0 85 ch
BELLEVO! TES 100 YEARS,
Since the Building of the First House in
That Town,
Bellefonte in 1805 can celebrate the
centennial of the building of the first
house in that town, in 1785, by Col
Dunlap and James Harris. Part of
the house is still standing, and oceu-
pied by Jacob Valentine a few years
ago. In it the first courts were held
in 1801.
Now suppose our neighbors across
the mountain have a grand centennial,
and call in all the outside world to cel-
ebrate with them the one hundredth
anniversary of the town, Begin now
to lay out a programme, and let it be a
day long to be remembered. Belle
fonte knows how to get up a big thing
—hias had big jollifications and celebra-
tions before—but let this be the biggest
of 'em all, and we will all be there.
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The Touroament Booming.
Bince last weeks’ issue still more
bands have reported they will be pres-
ent at Hecla Thursday, August 30th.
Most all of the bands of the two coun-
ties are now in the fray, and it prom-
ises to be one of the greatest musical
gatherings ever held in this part of the
state, The judges are the most com-
petent in the neighboring counties.
Prof. Joe. Frerher, of Belinsgrove;
Prof. Harry 8B. Krape, Band Master of
the Repasz Band, Williamsport, Pa.;
Prof. Joel Ettinger, Band Master of
the Farmers Milton Band. There are
now eleven in the contest.
If fifty persons can be secured from
Coburn and the same from BSpring
Mills an evening train will be run from
Bellefonte about 9.30. The above num-
ber should be easily s2cured, as it would
be a great convenience to have
train. Centre Hall should
filling up the number.
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We Got That Kain.
The soaking rain all hands were
sighing and praying for in the past six
weeks, poured down on us at last on
Saturday night and Sunday. It
a good, old-time soaker, came down
right along moderately fast to be tak-
en up by the dry ground, and it went
down to where all good rains go. [It
helped the corn and did a vast deal of
good in a score of ways.
a late
assist in
was
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Have not Levied a Tax
The boroughs of Bernville and Wo-
melsdorf, in Berks county, have not
levied any borough tax in three years.
The revenue from the hotel licenses
is more than sufficient to meet all their
requirements. Besides they don’t
spend money unlawfully for pikes and
private board-walks.
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County Notes
heavy rain fell pretty generally.
John Ardell, Jr., has again become
owner of the Bellefonte planing mill—
late owners were John P. Harris and
W. T. Bpeer.
During Monday morning's storm
lightning knocked down the steeple of
the Disciple church at Mt. Eagle; the
dwelling of Ed. Garman, of Bellefonte
was also struck.
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FARMERS ENCAMPMENT,
Reduced Rates Via Penna i. EB, for Mount
Gretna,
From August 26th to 25th, inclusive,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell, for the above occasion, round
trip tickets to Mount Gretna and re
turn at rate of one fare for the round
trip, from principal station between
East Liberty and Bryn Mawr, on the
Northern Central Railway north of
and including Lutherville, and on the
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Divi-
sion. These tickets will be valid for
return passage until August 25th, in-
clusive,
Wanted to Nee the World.
Lizzie Betzer and Amy Bolomon,
runaway girls from New Berlin, aged
fourteen years, were arrested last Wed-
nesday night on their arrival at Will.
iamsport and sent home. The girls
reached Milton by telling a pitiful sto-
ry to the overseers of the poor at Bun-
bury, and walked from the latter place
to Williamsport, a distance of thirty
miles. They said they wanted to see
the world.
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— A beautiful premium picture,
framed, given away to all customers of
Wolf & Crawford.
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Did We
Hit the Mark?
A Few Minutes will Tell,
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we have hit the
the mark for your int
terest.
...ess.RAre Specials
These goods are phe-
nomenal at the prices.
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be Chall, now §3¢
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bilack, He
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12% Baconetts pow Je
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Fine White Cambeie, jie
Excellent Brow n Masiin, 6c
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50 Corsets, 1x
Nota plecs of trash in the lot, but
at lower prices than ever before at
Garman’s Store.
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