THE CENTRE REPORTER. ME WAS SLY, Detective Works the Hotel for Two Weeks’ Board and a Pair of Shoes. CENTRE HALL, PA... THURS, Sep. 20. About three weeks ago a stranger _ {arrived unheraled and unsung at the { hotel and registered as C. F. Fish, of | Harrisburg. He was glib of tongue, {and soon wormed himself into the | confidence of two or three of our citi zens with the tale that the he was a Secret Service agent, and had been detailed to shadow some parties who were supposed to be putting counte rfeit | money afloat in this section, and . . s | would take advantage of to Leader in Notions. shove the queer. Leader in Novelties. Leader in Shoes. FRED. Ruy, EDITOR. AND PyBLIghER | A No. 9 Crider's Exchange, Leader in Dry Goods. iy . pienie Last week on Tuesday morning, he | | arose early at the hotel and told Land-| | lord Bartges that he wished to take a i | trip to an adjoining town on business, | but it seems that his business was of | | suc 'h a nature, that he is unable to fill | | his engagement here, and Mr. DBartges | 0 < ~? Iti S {is out about two weeks’ and ur pecia ic seese | another boarder, Mr, Stewart, a good { pair of shoes. Fish seers to be of t he | sucker species. Botany Dress (Goods Department. | Vantine Department. t Oak Cemical Department. Leader in Everything. | board, —— tas Done Doable Work. i The Rebersburg Butterick Pattern and Publication | the Bellefonte Gazette Rev. J. Department “New Idea” Housekeeper’s Department. Whiting Stationary Hall's Legal Blank Silverware says: lin the Lutheran | morning to a large > . erie church, Pattern Department. abtantive. atl call the Centre Hall pastorate, much to the { reluctance of all his many friends here, being and | dience. He has accepted a from Department and much loved He is a man of good sound judgment and during his five stay with { work both in and out Our loss will be Department. members Rogers’ Department. and respected by ull. done noble the are sanguine years’ us of church. They say, “The date. Wi Racket” but at do U is up to x great, savi our loss will be their gain. . A Farm Products Missing Why don’t the farmers at their camipment have an exhibit of their (i. R. BSPIGELMYER, products | SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. Jellefonte, ly Ig nored. put up wheat, and vegetables, fruit wort h oats, corn, would be Pa. rye, that exhibiting and lend additional | gst to their own fair, stor 1DLeL- such an exhibit Special. might be made free for members of the It is seldom that the trade that seeks Bellefonte markets has the of such a mark down sale grange, who have products which abvantage Lyon & Co. are advertising in another column on this page. It will pay you to look | it up. they would feel proud to show, for would certainly be i tion. Last us partment choice farm po an attractive addi- - Ap — —— PERSONAL. A Ouiet Wedding. Fhursday evening a i we of Mr. John Puff, to witness the Miles- marriage of his sister, Miss Anna B "to Mr. J. Wes Whiteman. bride Lingle, of burg, is visiting at J. C. Boal's eM 188 Florence residents of known to all, to them Rev. oo Howard Goodling and wife, of and New Berlin, are visiting,his parents. the groan are this place and are well and the REPORTER its heartiest congratulations, Wee. . 4 H. Eisen the Ref of | offic in the ceremony. inily i . i extends —Miss Ella Goss, the guest of Dr. of Altoona, Emerick’s last was : berg, of wwmed ehureh The started to ——M r=, Schnure and son George, New B wr rlin, town. Miss Maude, Neil, of Big Run, former home. ated new. are visiting friends i woetlded « ou ple at HCH housekeeping at the comfortable home Johug 0 the is visiting this, daughier of groom. her La stpeet Lights, Witine bovs, and Smith, two Williamsport up to attend the pienie. —Rev. 8B, H. Deitzell and wife, of Pleasant Unity, arrived on Saturday, and will remain for the picnic. Simon Dinges wenty street lamps, costing $3.50 The Cine up it each. for an man {or perhaps a woman) (o the lighting of the lamps and the « oil. When Hall gels wigh to throw off its knickerbockers | and wear long pants, it Centre ~The (fazette reporter was Speers ing notes on the fair ground last Sab- bath and missed good sermons, will get an Mrs. Harry Dinges spent several days of last week in Tyrone, she had gone to attend her brother's wedding. | H.J. ty farmer, raised 7,000 crates of peach- nists A where | 85.000 for his Peaches. we Miss Maggie MeClintick, of Ty- rone, and Miss Bertha Armstrong, of Potters Mills, were callers at this office last Saturday. e+ in his 30 acre orchard, this frowa which he realized over That beats raising wheat all hollow, says an exchange. Yes, and if all were year, + KE), ee Howard Slabig, of Potters Mills, gave us a call on Saturday. was too wet in that section for seeding. { the slump and wheat would come i to be trump. He says it last week up lp A 5 Mrs. Della Brungard returned to | Daath at Baflafonte her home at Lock Haven last Satar-| Mrs. Robert Cole died at her home day, after a several weeks’ visit with | O9 High street, Bellefonte, on Sunday the family of H. W. Kreamer, evening, after an illness of about one . re ra . week. She was aged about 32 years, (G. G. Gingerich, of Axeman, | and Jeaves a husband and three young gave our sanctum a call. Folks in : ; : : . | children. town hailed him as Samuel, so mugh | does he favor his brother Samuel. ~efamuel MeClintick, of Centre | Hill, wonders how a fellow when fall, is expected to keep on our board walks with their multifarious angles. Ty it, Samuel, get full and try it. w—lolonel Jas, Weaver, of Miles burg, county lecturer, was one of Sat. urday’s arrivals at the pienie, and Mr. Isaac Frain, Deputy, arrived on Mon- day. Both gentlemen are bard work- amt An Old Cashier David Reber, 40 years cashier of the Lewisburg National bank, died last Thursday, aged 77 years. Here was | one upon whom dishonesty does not rest. ————————— Bellefonte's Centennial. Bellefonte's centennial celebration, | to which the RerorTer has already | given considerable space, has been fix- ers for the good of the Grange a's 5 2. & f the Orange, and ed upon for June 5, 6 and 7, 1895. And are widely noted. boy we'll all be there. ~Mr. David Heckman, of lowa, | isa visitor at A. B. Kerlin’ Mr, | Heckman is a native of Potters Mills, | and left this section for the west in | 1837, and this is his first visit back. | Of couse he finds great changes since 1837. there. Hon. Willis R. Bierly, of the Nori nf Neteu, Grand Tork XD, ninth regiment, Pennsylvania volun. spects to the REPORTER office, Mr. Saero, will be held at Middleburg, Oct. B. is a native of Miles township, this 16 and 17. county; went to Williameport, and be- ———————————— came on member of the bar there; he! ~Price, quality and style are promi- afterwards represented that county in nent factors when you are buying the Legislature. Meveral years ngo he | ciothing. Purchasers will find these went to North Dakota, where he be- to their advantage at Lewins, Belle i ein Cider Making. Shook's cider mill at Luse’s planing {mill will be operated two days ench | week, Tuesday and Thursday. until | further notice. He is engaged in farming out | Hp Tn. AA AA A Regiment Reunion, The thirteenth reunion of the Forty- HAPPILY WEDDED. A Pretty Lawn Wedding near Rebershurg | last Wednesday, Married on the morning of Sept. 12, at the residence of her father, near Re- | bersburg, in the presence of over hnu- | dred guests, Miss Rose Ellen Harter to | Charles E, Mac key, of Williamsport, The marriage ceremony, which was | | performed by Rev. J. R. Brown, pas- tor of the Reformed church at Rebers- | burg, took place on the lawn, in front | of the residence, amid blooming flow- | ers, ornamental trees and a fair, smil- | ing sky, making withal a scene to] | which the memories of those present | | will ever revert with pleasure, | { The maids of honor were Miss 8 Sallie | | P. Harter and Miss Edith M. Wolf, « | Re sbersburg. Immediately follow ing | | the ce remony the guests were ushered | into spacious dining halls, where a | most sumptuous repast awaited them. | The wedding presents weie numer- variety, both useful { andfornamental, and withal, valuable; { many of which are destined during all | { the years allotted to the happy couple, | quiet reminders of this great event, tous and of great The couple will make their home at Williamsport, where the groom is en- | gaged in business, Wc lp Seeding. the seeding the it was too dry Not much of has been rains which set to | wheat, and very few fields were sown. | Bince the rains it done yet. defore in ten days ago, was too and farmers at waiting until the surface The few fiek s getting that that farmers who re likely to fare wheat fields wel, clear of its smeariness, that were rank under the the chances are sown early are rains followed; held with their up a best a - —— | Fall Meeting of the State Board of Aged culture Il meeting of the Slate hel d this Nate of iC regular Fa Board of Agricu year at the Pennsyly lege on the 17th ture is to be An “ole 15th The 8 progratine , which is nearly com- plet Dr. N. C. Schaefler, State Superintendant of P ubli I nstruc Atherton of the part of and October ed, includes addresses by President The one afternoon will be tion, and College. larger given up work of the to an inspection of the { College and Experiment tation. tl iamciusimn Water Tax. The Bellef | under consideration a compulsory semi- water tax instead the way 8 oh x annual pay nt of of sunusl. That's Centre Hall does it, tio 1 Lo copy beim more than one half and it is a good institu- t after, besides its water tax lower on an average than most i tnost all to Ix any other town, other places oblige walter tax paid every three months in ad- vanes, or water turned off —— Lost Another Game, of bre Last Saturday afternoon a game Park Pleasant ball was niaved in Grangy ii BO Pry ifs sR tween the team from Gap place, for the and there of these two uninteresting picked nine from this stilted in a victory mer by a seore of 12 to 2, is much doubt about one The from the | few spectators, i Fame was start and was witnessed pp oss Charged a License | tele phone company a license for doing | business in that town, and also laid a The tele pay and and the deci- sion was that it must pay. In many other towns a tax has been laid { each telephone pole within corporate | tax on each telephone pole, i I { phone company refused to carried the ease to court, { limits, revenue from the same source. i isc Contrary to Law ’ ! An exchange remarks that some peo- | ple think that a raffle is not in viola. | tion of the lottery law. Frauk Eberle, | of Westfield, was of that opinion. He | wanted to dispose of his bicycle, and | he had a lot of raffle tickets printed, | which he sold at a stipulated price. Some of the tickets were sent through | the mails. Now Frank is under bail | in the sum of §1,000 for his SppunEiuce before the United States district court, pd et os— Business Changes, | An old business stand in Aarons | burg has changed hands. M. M. Mus- | ser has sold his general store to Hous- | er & Lenker, of Lemont. Mr, Houser will take charge of the Aaronsburg stand and Mr. James Lenker, who is a son of Daniel Lenker, of Aaronsburg, will remain in charge of the Lemont store, Tp A AY SASS Bank Officers Jailed, The president and eashier of the busted Middletown bank have been ar- rested for misapplying the fonds, Whew, what swindlers keep turning up in our banks, Keep your eye on Tem, depositors, Not Plenty. Charley Arney, one of our Nimrods, tells us gray sqirrels have not been plenty thus far—he only killed seven, w= Lowins, Bellefonte, has the most experienced cutter in these parts and at his establishment you can be suited in “eame editor of the Northwest Neuse oie No shoddy in the house, and is popular in that far off state. rrotubustiive fur the i A GENUINE WILD MAN, | He isn Member of the Brooks Family in Clinton County, The “giant,, wild maa concerning He lives near county, not far from the postoffice, in Leidy town- His name is Bodine Brooks, aged about 45 years. For twenty- | eight years he has been kept in a log {and board pen. His food consists of the leavings of the table of the family him in a pan shoved | through a small opening in the pen. { He hasn't a shred of clothing on, nor | has he had but once in that time. An old blanket in the corner is his only As people pass along the road he sets up a series of yells that are and cries and screeches like a panther, He knows his name and responds to it and can He hasan great fondness for tobacco, and grabs it like la dog would a piece of meat, and eith- | er eats it down or trots off to the { no myth, but a reality. pen does not get away. Within a few feet of the pen is said his The survivers are his brothers and sisters, farm OWNEr us of instead of being stood of which he thie is a part Brooks, one heirs, seven or eight feet high, if he erect would be feet, He to have himself, body is face, in a less than six stooped, said by cuddling [trying to keep warm. His covered with hair, likewise His hair falls over his tangled and head. The pen in which he has been con- r locked, but fastenings to his shoulders from his matted mass fined was securely lodine broke the unrestricted now en- He is man'’ of and is freedom. Hajant the Joying undoubtedly the wild who is terrorizing inhabitants the West Branch. For the past few bee ugly The family was offered large sums of mon- ey for this etors of circuses, years he has come and unmanageble, Ywild man,” but used, Several years ago by the propri- steadfastly red Brooks es- caped, traced by the pieces of green bark which he jad torn off’ the A few days ago a party of braves in the West valley, in which the “giant” and when he awakened and has rol in the winter, and was resting. ®ir- trees while ranch lay asleep the one of HOW assembled multitude he gave and the crowd fled precipitately. At last is still at and the family made no effort to recapture him. those demoniac yells, large, A w— ties have communicated with the state board of charities concerning the mat- ter, and he will likely be cared for as he ought. It seems almost impossible that such a condition of affairs exists in this enlightened age, but the fact that the Brooks live in the heart of an almost unbroken count for it. wilderness may ac- ey -_ Dribs and Squils. The conl yards on Colyer's ground are now ready for business, Wm. Koonsman is a new citizen Church street. We are in the pienie, farmers, and frolic, on midst or the Grange friends, fakirs, fun fuss and feathers, fineries, feasting, and fifty other things ning with 1's, begin- by farmers, and the crop will not much over half, Many of our families are full pienie visiting friends, One-half of the success of the must be credited to Adam —— a The Season's Goods, Our opening for this season's stock of Clothing, Hat the largest in our long expe rience, i %, ete, has been Our prices are much lower than any previous the brightest, Our store vear—our styles are newest and neatest, room is brighter and bet. t i ter lighted than before the fire, ( in and see the new Made Clothing, men’s Furnishing new prices. MoxrTgoMERY & Co. Tailors and Cloth Crider's Exchange, A things in Hats Goods Ready and and at fers, Bellefonte. We Bill Nye in this country and you Have Them Here gays: “Grow il talking about the tariff and th Union Co, Deaths, In New Berlin, on Sept. 4th, Lydia, reliet of Samuel Long, aged 76 years In Lewisburg, on Sept. 8d, Mrs, Em ma C., wife of Ralph M. Musser, of Williamsport, aged 49 years, 5 months and 16 days, In Lewis township, on Bept, 2, zabeth, wife of Wm. years, In Lewisburg on Bept. 4, Amelia Sterrett, relict of John BSterrett, aged about 72 years. Eli- aged 66 Feese, GRAIN MARKET, Wheat. Rye Corn Units new, Buriey . Son oh Eo Buck whens. Ss RsT ESBS PRODUCE AT STORES, A Few Minutes wiii Tell we have hit the the mark for your in. ......RAre Specials These goods are phe- nomenal at the prices. Be Batistes, now 6c, 43 6 Gies, nol a goood other ful of raw material Qr any { in their houses for weeks heir wives earned it and T he mien who have th home to them. Neb 43s commonwenith that tn trousers shine like Massachusetts state hou - .- Had to Decline, A SO0Ore is to big mens or more of grang jus we to decline, else we would be no more, ld from and the coroners jury w their verdict, “Died wl esting.’ made much go — C. P. Long will have Banan as and atl pieni wholesale Eight * Seven that were $10 Suits 8g « ~ i“ i 6 i“ 8 “ J now at 6.5 i ‘4 5.00 Five * “ 4.50 Four “ “ ‘ $4 w 8.50 now at $6.00 ‘ i“ 300 © 200 “ 1.756 “ 1.50 « “ “ Fine Dongola Button Shoes, : a“ i“ “ - now at now 7.00, PAR now £2.50 “ “« 9230 . 5 1.50 . “ 1.25 . - 1.00 “ “ “ i » a] = “ “" “ “ Reduced as Four “ - “ 1.00 1.85 1.50 . now £4.00 . “« 3.00 . “« 3200 manufacture, — -— — - Penna. -
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