FrReD. KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS. JAN, 10. THE RACKET Bellefonte. No. 9 Crider's Frchange, REBUILDING SALE, “JAN. 170 APRIL 1, "95 Having leased the adjoining room, partitions must come down, counters changed and the two rooms fitted for THE NEW RACKET! This extraordinary occasion will necessitate the moving of our our immense stock to Make Way for the Carpenters And the best way we know to move it, is to cut prices down to the safe- of the people of Centre connty to come from far and near. Nuf Ced. U Touch the Button; we'll Do the Rest. G. R. SPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. a a. KILLED IN MISSOURI, { Wash Shafer, formerly of Madisonbuarg, | Meets with a Fatal Accident, On Saturday lust a telegram was re- ceived at Madisonburg making the sad announcement of the death of Wash. Shafer, in Missouri, caused by his be- ing thrown from a wagon while the horses were running off, near his resi- {dence in Missouri. He was engaged { in hauling bis household effects to the | railroad station to have them shipped | to his former home in Madisonburg, expecting to live there and take care of his aged father, George Shafer, now in frail health, and who is thus left be- reft of the last of his children, a son and a daughter having gone before a number of years suigo, as also his first and second wives, the latter having {died a few months ago; being lef alone, his only remaining child, Wash, | concluded to leave his farm in Missou- i ri and return to Madisonburg to make | the Saturday of his father’s life pleas- {ant as possible, with the above sad re- sult. These are the particulars as we | gather from rumor. The unfortunate young man left his | home in Miles twp., some 16 years ago for Missouri, bought a farm, got mar- ried in his new home and settled down {to farming, and was an esteemed citi- zen. His age was about 45 years. - , li — - The Roof Burned OIF, Last Saturday morning the dwell Bellefonte, P Special, It is seldom that the trade that seeks Bellefonte markets has the advantage of such a mark down sale as Lyon & Co, are advertising in another column on this page. It will pay you to look it up. . py PERSONAL. ~ James Potter, of Bellefonte, in town on Tuesday. Wi W. Koonsman and littlg son, « Colyer, gave our sanctum a call. last News Mr. Stever Lobaugh . spent week visiting among friends at port. -John T. up for a month from seiatica, is abl Lee, having been lal to be out again. ~L. E. Hall's most worthy citizens, Pen us 1 Rossman, one of crs £8 AVE pleasant call. ~-Miss Ada of Hill, spent Friday and Saturday wit! friends in Centre Hall. Goodhart, Centre — Miss Helen Bartholomew, a stu- dent at the Millersville returned to her studies, Normal, has -Miss Ada Kreamer, of Boalsburg was the guest of her Tace r cousin, Miss Kreamer over Sunday. Mi y Mrs Squire Moore and wile, of roy, were guests at the home of MeCulley on Tuesday. teuben i Page, a veteran late war, gave us a call and left the ne cessary to put his label forward. Miss Roxanna Brisbin returned on Tuesday to Williamsport, to pursue her studies at Dickinson seminary. Mrs. 8. W. Barr, visiting her mother, of Mrs. Potters Mills, and friends in ity. Tyrone, Stiver, at at the viecin- igh da several Mrs, E. M. Huyett and : ter have returned home after a weeks’ visit to her parents at Werners. ville, Pa. N. chairman elle. Democratic in of ee B. Spangler, Esq.. of the was fonte, county committee, town Monday. John Keller, Sumner Hosterman and John Meyer returned to Lancaster F. Monday, their holiday vaeation. on and M. college, on after ~—— Henry Rossman, one of Tussey- ville's leading citizens, gave usa pleas- ant call and, besides, put his label for- ward among the honored names. Mr. William D. Kelier, of Centre Hall, is quite seriously ill with rheumatism, and has been confined to the house for several weeks past. —Mr. W. W. Royer, of Centre Hill, one of the county auditors, went to Bellefonte Monday morning, where he will labor in eonjunetion with the other auditors with the coun- ty’s receipts and expenditures for the year 1894, west aon so A Had a Stroke of Paralysis. Mr. Thomas Lyon, living a short distance west of here, is lnid up with an attack of paralysis. He was on hig way to this place Monday night, on horse-back, and it is evident he had a stroke while on the road; he fell from his horse, and was found about two hours afterwards, lying in the snow by the side of the road. FERC Revival, Rev. Illingsworth, of the Metho- dist church, is holding quite a spirited revival at the Sprucetown church. He is a very popular pastor and is meeting with success throughout his charge. ind ——— Sleighing Good, Sleighing is pretty good; the thaw Monday and Tuesday was followed by a freeze Tuesday night, which improv. ed sleighing, vo ———— Public Sales, ing house occupied by James Stover, M. M. property west of the station, was discovered the roof, which threatened destruction of the Assistance was summoned from adjoining Condo's to be on fire on SOON house, town and the bucket brigade put in service, and after a half hour's hard fight the control, through flames were got under roof was burned off’ and ceiling of the second floor, leaving the wrecked i o damage beyond The and house in a somewhat I removes shape The family hae their that x and suffered n of their hurried exit. fire was caused by y defective flue. er of the property. -~ -» Well attended. held last church The musical convention K in the Reformed termi il wee nated last Friday evening with a « Aid almost cert by the class, and the Lowvlies’ swelled I'l and the Society's tregsury was 14 18) from th pound 10 class em numbered about fifty, re were here from a distance many singers he weather was all that could be wl sired), with g » publie t ivi tres ai erowded fionlise at wening Good order was maintained 4 K and nothing Of week's — throughout the we curred to mar the pleasure -— Corner Stone Laying. srner stone f the ed Eva i or new Ie Wood iri srelionl o ' ! ngelical on cir at de he ihout Wood- i ores 4! Unit $1 Was aid ast Sunday fle Milton, sermon . F. Fossleman, of sherites are equally divided in numbers at ward, and the Esherites have the doors to the adherents of the Dube the corner sites, however allowing them use f their church for their 0 stone Services, As A Tribute to Judge Furst When court adjourned at ’ don last week the members of the lo eal bar and i sirin of show their respect for him personally, held a meeting in the Judge Furst’'s services, court room or and presented him with & magnifi- cent century chair, Russia leather cov. ered, the price of which was about £100, Wp Fell on his Foot, Last Wednesday Aaron Thomas was and a large plece of ice was hoisted up about twelve feet, when the tongs slip- ped and the chunk dropped on his foot, badly brusing it but fortunately with a eruteh. J. A. Fiedl EE er's Appointment, James A. Fiedler, formerly publish- er of the Bellefonte Gazette, but now for one of the minor positions in the | of one of the house transcribing clerk- ships, cil oasis Died at Zion. Mrs. Amelia Kauffman, an aged la- dy residing with her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Garbriek, in Zion, died on Tues day morning. She had been ailing | for some time and bad nearly lost her | eyesight, a t—————— : To the Year 1000, | A patron ealled this week, who is so {highly pleased with the RerorrTer | that he got his subscription dated out [to the year 1900! The clear conscience (of such a man is better than $5000, | Who will climb as high up as that? i a 1 a I SAME SOSH SA ~Lewins, Bellefonte, has the finest selection of Winter Bulis in this part all kinds of public sale bills at the low. est prices. tion, and that is the why of his jm- weose trade in clotbiog. CENTRE HALLER IN INDIA. Rev, John Harpster, Missionary Writes from that Far-away Field, this town, who is now serving under his second appointment as a Lutheran ter to our townsman, A.J. Reesman, from which we are permitted to print the extract below, The letter is dated “Guntur, Madras Presidency, India, Nov. 30. '04,” and was 87 days on its Journey hither. Bro. Harpster writes : “It is just about a year since I got back again to this old country. 1 found things changed very little. The fact is this is a changeless country. It seems to me sometimes that time has ended in India and eternity begun. Here has not been theslightest change style of their houses, their dress, their away nearly sevenleen years. over night. [ found that after 17 years absence 1 hadjlargely forgotten the language, and had to learn that over again. As soon as I had gotten a pretty good grip on the language I packed my ox-cart and and have been going il pretty steadily right along, “Just now we arc cent weather. By this time you are about with § going your ears tied up, and your poor nose looking as blue as an indigo bag, with Here the roses are {in bloom, and the couutry, far as the | eye of living doors the excessive cold. reach, We haven't had windows of can one scene the our house shut green. or since we {eune to Iudia, probably won't close | them as long as we are here, “Both myself and wife have been | very well ever since we landed in In- dia. My wife, a very delicate woman, ‘njoys better health than in America.” ~~. - Will Apply for License James Reish has rented the hotel at | Potters Mills, and will occupy the old i hostelry of historic fame. He will ap- for | Je IR has body. for ply fromthe court, and ng influence to bear on that stro 1 n his house has not been lic nsed | several years, Judge Furst always During the {days when the conch and four ran reg- | fusing the petition. early larly between Bellefonte and Lewis | town, the house was most liberally pa- { tronized, and a nip was necessary be- f i aft over the Seven Mountail 14 pul James jn. fore and er taking the long fis h brother the the tends to quit farming and { John i Brockerhofl g Old Fort is i sntinue io his stead on of will e 1 place, just south Wi ify o> For Bieycie Riders, ler there le ric interested in is i % will be r Lila if l- is talk of supp wpular rubber poeuisti The latter is mnch of paper, FeRsan gi g he less expensive than tl OTIEH, rade “In ted that two paper lires runoer I'he Paper Journal fac BAYS: tL, iL Is asser machine, wt } ME will, on the 0 only two of { ber tires cost, and being less yielding last much longer. [ts { champions claim that it will not break thirds or one half what a pair rub- the new may from constant squeezing and inflation 1 8% soon as rubber.” | aa The Short Days Since December 2ist, which was the | shortest day, the time between sunrise and sunset increasing but very little, This almost imperceptible increase will last until about January (21, when the sun will come in view a minute earlier, and sink beneath our i sight 34 minutes later, making the dif- | ference only 35 minutes from the time | of the shortest day. Then, laylight will rapidly lengthen. has been llama Died at Lock Haven Mrs. 8. M. McCormick died at Lock Haven on Saturday morning last, and was buried on Monday following. { She was aged about forty-five years {and was the daughter of Prof. Thomas | Hollohan, superintendent of the Cen- | tre county schools about twenty-five | years ago. Mrs. J. T. Potter, west of i this place, was a near relative of the | deceased. : ——— A SA —— Tempting, Really. Wild tnrkeys, pheasants and quail | are close visitors to Ben Arney's | home, in the past few days; pheasants {in half dozen lots have visited within {a few feet of his kitchen door; while ! quail visit his barnyard, and wild tar- keys have several times come within gunshot of his house. And all this right near the heart of our town, These birds seem to know the shoot- ing season is over, a A Wasit an OMense, At Akron, Ohio, Mayor Harper is wrestling with a novel point in juris prudence. J. M. Wade was brought before him on the charge of passing Confederate money, and Wade's attor- ney raised the point that his client had connmitted no offense under Ohio Inwe or under United States laws, the statute not making it an offense to pass Confederate money. AIM IAI . ==Lewins, Bellefonte, guarantees ev. : * ery article sold by him, and you get WEATHER PREDICTIONS, i by Foster --8e- vere Storms May be Fxpected. i My last bulletin gave forecasts of the | | storm wave to cross the continent from | 2nd to 7th and from 8th to 12th. The { 18th, cross THE POOR HOUSE, The Question That is a Very Important One to the Taxpayer. be voted on at the Catarrh, the Known Is Chronie The first stage of cat Worst Disease arrh is common- It may begin In | eastern states about the 18th, | week previous. The second stage of t a cold is to in- catarrh Is some- | be expected from 2Ist to 3lst. mountain country about 13th, the | eastern states about 20th. . A Ap tly TRIAL LIST, For the First Week of Court, Beginning th 28th of Janoary. i i A. Walter, cashier vs. Exrs., of E. Stambaugh. Daniel DeHass vs. Mary Ryan, John P. Hite vs. W. P. Lucas. Lucy Auman vs. I. J. MeClintick, Daniel Fleisher vs, David Frantz, Joel Tressler vs, Chas, F. Beck, Edward Chambers vs. R. GG. Askey. DP. B. Hannah Grove's adr, vs. | Malone, John P. Hite ve. W, P. Lucas, T. F. Kennedy vs, James Lytle. Samuel Imuel ve, Wm, Colyer. Harrison Suyder et. al. ve. David A. Lucas, L. T. Rorbach eXTr8, Thos. CXS, Brown ve. John CC. Molz, ve. James Grove's M eyers McKuitt vs. Jacob adr. py Will live lent Free The Harrisburg Patriof says: ing the stay of Governor<elect ings and bis family in this city ¢ i residence at Bellefonte, one o Mr. est there, will be occupied by fake under an tevder, who will short if If i agreement made by Genera the himself a wife. " i the day after election, when he said: you may occupy my house rent Harrisburg. “Henry,” during my in Now who is the junior sasiavirn it so h ippened that member in ings’ law firm, is not know that kind he future (Gov. not f of though the General did and to receive an offer was just in his line, and at Prov eeded to convinee the the bat that mar- The ernor (question of Dis riage was a brief period, General will keep his word, only the right to spend two or three months during the summer season as their guests, — Another Swindle Showed Up A fruit tree has been swind- of agent the slick in Tioga manner. His plan of operation is to call upon the farmer ling some farmers county in a with the ostensible purpose of selling nursery stock and hiring men to work If the farmer consents to accept the position offered, the agent will ask his name, and then always remarks that it a name he never heard before, and for fear he will forget it he requests the farmer to write his name on a blank form, and the next thing the vietim knows he is called on to pay an exor- bitant price for a large quantity of | trees he never ordered. for the the nursery company. is Good Sermons, Mr. McCracken of Rock Springs, | preached two able sermons in the | Presbyterian church at this place last | Sabbath: his sermons were well pre- | pared and delivered in a pleasing man- iner. Mr. McCracken has two years and a half at Allegheny Seminary be- | fore ready to enter the ministry, but | from the manner in which his ser- | mons were delivered, he will without | a doubt make a successful minister, arti l — Caught by the Saw, | Last Thursday afternoon Ira Rish- i ell, of Boalsburg, lost two fingers of | his left hand by coming in contact | with a circular saw, in the shop of Ed. Sellers, of Oak Hall. He is an jemploye of Wieland Brothers, car | riage builders, of Boalsburg, and was working some lumber for his firm when the saw caught his hand. The fingers were badly mangled and neces- sitated amputation, AA Salt Lick Gas Well, The directors of the Balt Lick Gas and Oil Well Company had a meeting a few days ago. The drill is now down nearly 2,000 feet contracted for. It is stated that the indications for striking oil are better now than at any time previous, We hope so; and if no oll is struck, let the boring go on, they will soon get through to China where we can assure the stockholders either tea or saltwater will be struck. SM MAA —~Every well-dressed young man furnishing ! i i 3 In the boro we have | no paupers and the poor assessment i {their poor. This is | one-half the expense of conducting the This is money and by aid of a poor house and amount almost eounty. large amount o! | a | farm the county poor could be kept pended, i { other side of the county would be de- increased. the poor house question, as entertained by any communication bearing upon jour readers, be it either for or agains | the measure. | rma \ Vv 4 Arm Severely Bruised Walter Kerlin | 3 : , : { accident Monday evening while dri thos {unfailing horse freightenery, a tractior met with a painful {ving in a sleigh, he met one of B Kerlin | engine, and the horse young {run : turning to the fence, the sleig own out, sus | was upset and Walter thr which at first was supposed to have i been fractured close to the elbow. Frank Shutt wife 1 i fiong and happened | come in a sleigh about the [A horse also scared and star- their but any distance jtime ; {ted away, was checked before or E If nothing else w iin 11 of y & Ji Vili frighten a horse | & traction engine will ; the impression to him {of the animal Iv seems {Old Niek is invari townrds and to coming will do his best make the rt- | ing, rattling, pulling monster, as great the horse ho 1% the sn distance between him and as possible, - - I nited Evangelical Church 8. Frain, of Abdera, Marion tos Monday He i ship, returned on fror $ | month west, ed 8 trip in the Nation i U ed Evangelical eh F151, Dex He went i the sixteen delegate Dubbs the il con $ is «! i in elems | which by reasofi of a rece {of the courts have no elaim ot | property formerly held by the Ev Dab { have now formed an independent Cart ¢ action The 4 f 3 { gelieal church. Ors their Denon ganization and will erect Own houses of worship. {nt ry ai. Go After the Parties to be Known id in The parties are said who took the night last week from one the at sleigh front found and horse mm of bank, and left the rig to be the mountain, The horse sleigh belonged to two voung men from near Joalsburg. All circumstances led the is drive, and young men made inquiry, and it said have discovered the guilty par ties, low if the en by some one for a right persons are ther. TITRA. I" Sapreme Court Decisi ne, District of Pennsylvania, among a long list of decisions rendered on Monday, handed down the following from Cen- tre county: Lohr vs the borough court of Centre county; judgment re- versed, Krumrine, executor, va. Grenoble, et al, from the common pleas court Centre county; judgment affirmed. ii — A Double Headed Call. A Butler county farmer is the owner of a calf with two heads, Besides two tongues, two under jaws, and three eyes, one on each side of its head and one in front. It is fully developed and ita body is the same as any other bovine's, The calf is doing well and bids fair to live and reach maturity. The owner has already received sever- al tempting offers to dispose of the wonder, but absolutely refuses to part with it. AS sn HY MP Fixed Snlaries, Mr. Bynum, Democrat, of Indiana, offered a bill in the House providing for a readjustment of the saleries of postmasters of the first, second and third classes by the Postmaster Gen eral, and that no salary shall exceed six thousand dollars, except at New York, where it Is fixed at $8,000. A a —— — HHOArseliess or wed vo the { catarrh reaches i the chest, expectorati A cold in the bead, bottle of Pe-ru-na will i 1 i | comes a case of chron | will require many bot A sore throat, of Pe-ru-na will | eure. 3 cure | sils, wi would Pe W i Lige of doubt, with the use of chronic bronchitis, There are a gre | time. : 3 | consumplion each yes ia lect of coughing, {if Pe-ru-na had be FT used wording i A : | For a free | coughs, colds, consur ii # f winter FISENES OF Willer, #1 Manufact Ohio, ia Drug olumbus, Aged Above 3 Rel with rRDUTrE, | years. Centre Hall sore throat, When the bronchial tubes ice, pain in m, night sweats, which a single cure, soon be- ¢ eatarrh, which ti tiles to entirely becomes i BOOT yg BOO ton- soon disappear Wru-ng, becomes hich requires a al any cases of ar due directly to ids, ete., which, ' in the house § i 0 directions, ented, on catarrh, nption, and all id to The Pe-ru- Company, 0 Years. mn of 70 a4 popuiatic with a popula- Mercantile Ag eputat ol 14 1 Vora Fobacen Spit Away Rye Carn nts Barley w-—" Buckwheat PRODUCE AT Beginning | Saturday, Dec. : { : alance of Ladies’ Coats at Great Sacrifice. . hoicest Line of i Curtains. -Both Heavy and Lace. Host of Orna. mental and Useful Articles. Le and Silk == Paper Poh. Fine : Wits: Extremely ‘Low Pris . i i } 3 i Watch For It! Wait For it ! Come To It! sprafeer. appointed for- np- nave : Hefonte, 3 ie reantile mn rved selection aoring estatlish- ii ba a ellef i188 =» onte, ion of furnishing of well-d ress- % iu this part SPE § it down slore. 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