REPORTER. THE CE TRE Freon. KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISBHE CENTRE HALL, PA. THURS. May 23. THE NEW RACKET No. 9-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte. Though the store is easily the largest and many disinterested per- sons say the best intown, and is as chock full of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Novelties and everything U can think of as a little red wagon, and all of it selected with great care, after an experience of twenty-five years trading with Centre co. peo- ple, we would hardly expect U to believe us if we said that “our stock was larger than all the stores of Bellefonte combined.” We know U are too intelligent to believe any such thing, and we would expect U to receive anything we might say hereafter with due allowance, and if we were to put out flaming ad- vertisements stating that we were selling goods much lower than our neighbors and when U come to buy U would find none lower and many higher for inferior goods, we would be sure U would avoid us hereafter and it would serve us right. The Racket has earned a reputation for honest advertising, fair dealing, standard goods, low prices. And We Are Proud Of It. GG. R. SPIGELMYER, SHEM SBPIGELMYER, Jr. Bellefonte, Pa. WARMER WEATHER ~—WILL FOLLOW THE— COLD SNAP. This week will show you fine assortment of LADIES’ BELT BUCKLES, from 15 cents up. BELT PINS, be up. MEN'S BALBRIGCAN SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, 25 TO 45C. Those Teotch Lawns at 5¢ are in season now. Just what you want for the coming warm weather. If von are coming to the Firemen’s Convention or the Centennial, come in and see us Always welcome. W. T. MEYER, Bush Arcade Bellefonte, Two doors from postoffice 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. cf oe —— PERSONAL. ——Merchant Harry Long, of Spring Mills, was in town Monday. —— Deputy sheriff Weaver was in town Wednesday morning by bike, —Capt. A. C. Mingle and family, of Bellefonte, spent Sunday in Centre Hall. — Landlord Keller and wife, of the Haag Hotel, Bellefonte, visited friends on this side Wednesday. Simon Harper and family left Monday on a several days’ visit to friends in Brush and Nittany valleys. Mrs. Beulah Bohn left last Sat- urday for Williamsport where she will remain a week with friends. Faq. Rishel, of Gregg, and his pretty little daughter, were callers in our sanctum the other day. Mr. James A. Decker, proprietor of the hotel at Pine Grove Mills, was in the vicinity a few days ago, greet- ing his old friends. (lem Deininger and Samuel Shoop left Saturday for Philadelphia, to participate in the dedication cere- monies of the Odd Fellows’ temple. §§ — Speer G. Burrell, of Peni Hall, favored us with a call, and put his la- bel out to ’96, He reports fruit and plants damaged by frost in that sec tion. we Prof, Will Royer, foreman of the “Centre Democrat,” was over last week to help the Reporter thro with its work—and a good help he is and pleasant too. weChris H. Murray was home on Monday, and spent part of the day out trout fishing. He had three, but the article is scarce, or he would have bought more. —Mr. W. W. Bell, of Bellefonte; Mr. Joseph Gilliland, of Clearfield, and Mr. G. W. Giase, proprietor of a hotel at Cataract, Pa., transacted busi- ness in Centre Hall on Tuesday. we, H. Ishler, one of Tusseyville’'s leading citizens, gave us a call, and re- ports that last Friday night's frost damaged much of the fruit and played smash generally with garden truck over that way. » DECORATION DAY, Program for Memorial Day by the Samuel Shannon Post, G. A, R, The Decoration services at Centre Hall will be held at six o'clock in the evening, and their program will be similar to that observed here before. Next Sunday afternoon the Memorial sermon will be delivered before the Samuel Shannon Post, G. A. R. in the Lutheran church, by Rev. J. M. Rear- ick. The Post will attend in a body, and every one is invited to the service. The Post will march from their room to the grove at the lower end of town where they will meet the Sunday schools, and from thence march to the cemetery, Prof. 12d. J. Wolf will deliver an ad- The usual services of prayer and singing Music will fur- nished by Maj. Shreffler’s drum corps. All having to contribute, which is specially requested by the G. \. R., will bring them to the Post the of the 30th, where they will made into bou- dress along with other speakers, will be observed, be flowers room on morning be (uets, At Potters Mills they will decorate afternoon. BSev- eral speakers of renown will pres- ent. Music will be furnished by the Potters Mills band. At Farmers Mills the decoration ser- vices will be held at 9.30 in the morn- ing. The G. A. R. will meet the SBun- day school at Union church, form pro- cession with drum corps at head, and march to the cemetery and decorate. tev, 8. H. Eisenberg, of Centre Hall, will deliver the address of the day. At Georges Valley the members of the Post will decorate at 2.30 in the af- The G. A. R. will meet the Sunday school at the cemetery with drum corps, and decorate the graves. Rev. Hock will deliver the address on this occasion. At Spring Mills the services at 5.30 in the evening, promise to be more ex- tensive than usual. The G. A. R. will meet the Potters Mills band on the hill at C. P. Long's store, where par- will The five Buanday schools will participate, and the march to the cemetery will be made. Decor- ation of graves will be done in squads, in charge of J. I. Condo, David Baur- rell, James Leitzell, Daniel Keanelly, John Albright and Thomas Kennelly. In front of the church the services will be held. with a selected choir. at one o'e¢lock in the be ternoon. 1, "no ade form. The band will furnish along Rev, Ralph Il- lingsworth will deliver the address on this occasion, - ni — Anticipate a Big Time. Bellefonte is making extensive prep- arations for their Firemen's conclave and centennial on June six and seven. Flaming posters have been spread all over the country heralding the event. It is intended that the two-day event history of the town, and immense crowds are ex- Old reliable Penns valley will do her share as al- shall be the biggest in the pected on both days. ways, toward contributing and their committee should see visitors, to it that we will have the necessary trans- portation and accommodations by rail, A Struck a Cave Workmen quarrying stone on Col- yer's lot at the station struck an open- ing in the rock, with indications of a large cavern underlying the quarry. The aperture is too small yet to admit explorations, which will be done when admittance can be gained. A stone dropped into the cavern will drop about fifty feet. The workmen in the quarry are a little restless and are afraid the bottom will drop. Erecting a New Bullding. Wm. Colyer has started a large new building at the station, which will be erected in a substantial manner. We have not heard definitely to what use the new building shall be put, but un- derstand a machine shop. Mr. Colyer has done much to improve that end of town. mi ——— Farm Sold, The Bankey farm about two miles west of Centre Hall, was sold on Tues- day to Mr. G. W. Glase, of Cataract, Clearfield county, for $3500. The farm is now occupied by Porter Odenkirk, and Mr. Glase will take possession next spring, which will add one more to our Democracy. Pomona Grange. Centre County Pomona Grange No, 13 will hold a regular meeting in the hall of Bald Eagle Grange at Miles- burg on Tuesday, May 25th at 10.30 a. m. The train from Coburn will make close connection and arrive in time for morning session, im — Counterfeit Colona Circulating, Counterfeit ten cent pieces are circu lating freely at Philipsburg. They are of lenden characteristic to the touch snd the lettering lacks the sharpness of the genuine, You will want a new suit. You want it cheap and good, as well as of the latest cut. Lewins, Bellefonte, can acconfmodate you in every partic. ular, and is bound to please, Figured China Silks, 20c. a yard. Striped Wash Silks, 30¢. a yard, Lyon & Co, NO MORE BOUNTIES, The Act of 1889 Declared Unconstitutional by the Court, The recent county court reports, is- sued in this state contain an important decision of Judge Baker, of Cambria county courts, wherein he declares “The Act of April 1889, entitled ‘An Act to ammend the provisions of the 1st section of an Actapproved May 13, 1887, entitled an Act for the de- struction of wolves and wildeats 3 art. 111, of the constitution.” This decision practically relieves the county commissioners from paying any move bounties. When this deci- sion eame to their notice they at once submitted it to their coun ty solicitor, D. F. Fortney, who takes the same position as Judge Baker and has advis- ed the county commissioners not to pay any more bounties on foxs, minks, owls, ete, excepting wolves and wild- cats. The following is Mr. Fortney's opinion complete: “The Act of Assembly approved April 25, 1889, entitled “an Act to amend the provisions of the first sec- tion of an Act approved May 13, 1887, entitled an Act for the destruction of wolves and wildeats,”” having, been called in question and declared uncon- oe dy NO SUHOOL, The School Board Refuses to Grant the use of Books for a Subscription School, Prof, Ed. J. Wolf had advertised a special term of school for ten weeks at Centre Hall, which was to open next Monday, 27th, and has been compelled to cancell the term, owing to the school board refusing to grant the scholars the privilege of the text books which are owned by the boro. The board of directors at a meeting last week unanimously refused to grant the use of the books. This action caused much adverse comment on the part of some whom intended sending their children, and the board was ap- pealed to to reconsider their action. The board met again in special session a few evenings ago, and after fully dis- cussing the question, again unani- mously voted to refuse the privilege. When the free text book bill into effect, a severe blow was dealt the subseription schools. The State erintendent was asked to render a went Sup- de- THE TRIAL WILL BE JUNE 203 The Governor is the Plalatiff and Lawyer O'Connor the Defendant, The trial of the case of D, H. ings against Francis O'Connor, will take place at Ebensburg June 20. When the attorneys for the plaintiil moved the Cambria county courts to fix June 20 as the day for the trial the defendant, who is a lawyer, moved to continue the case ior the reason that a material witness on his behalf was at present in a hospital, and in it was probable he would be obliged to under- go and operation. Mr, O'Connor clined to give the name of the witness, his ailment or in what hospital he was confined. The court refused his motion for a continuance, and set the case for trial on the day petitioned. It will be remembered that O'Connor the reflecting on the while directing time of the Johnstown Hast de- made statements during guber- | natorial campaign governor's integrity affairs at the flood. cision on a case parallel to that disturbing some of Centre Hall's citi- zens, It was that the board had not the authority to grant the use of the now to pay no more premiums for the de- struction of any animals mentioned in the said Act. On the 23rd day of June, 1885, an Act of Assembly was approved which provided for the payment of a pre minum for the destruction of wildeats, red and gray foxs, minks, weasles and owls, The amount paid in many of the counties of the state for the destruc- tion of these various animals and birds, it was soon discovered, was so great as to make it burdensome to the people who pay taxes, A demand was made upon the next legislature for relief and the Act of 1885 was repealed by an Act approved the 13th day of May, 1887, The last Act, however, provided for the payment of a bounty for the des- truction of wolves and wildeats, The Act approved April 25, 1880, while continuing the payment of the bounty for the destruction of wolves and wildeats, attempts to restore the bounty for the destruction of red and gray fox and mink. This Act is designated as an Act “to amend the provisiods of the first and gives the title of that Act as Act for the destruction of wolves wildeats," The defective manner of stating the be in conflict with Sec.3 of Article 111, of the Constitution of the State, and the case of the boro of Pottstown, re- ported in 117 Pa. Repts, 546, is relied upon in support of this position. the court refered to and while it is not conclusive, simply because it it should be followed as the law until it is reversed by a higher court or set aside by an Act of the legislature, A tly Treatment Wm. T. Meyer, of B« Howard Hospital, Philadelphia, twelve davs now for treatment Sdlefonte, is at the and county will be pleased to learn. Her trouble is enormous enlargement of tl Onl Thursday, the doctor performed the In growths, lymphatic glands of the neck. Toe 3 has VATS second operation. all he moved forty-seven in size from a pea to an egg. Itis sup- four years ago. She is very patient, gition all the time, and is nine years of age. go home in a few days. py He Likes the Jerseys. The Duke and Dutchess of Mary- land, two of the finest Jerseys Messrs, Mingle and Meyer could find in Mary- land state, were purchased by 8. W. Smith, of this place, for breeding pur. poses. Smith's fine three-year-old Jer- sey bull is now on the D. J. Meyer farm at Linden Hall, where he is kept for service, or will be sold at a fair price. This bull isa fine specimen of his kind ; is quite large, docile and handsome as a picture, having all the Jersey points, —— IA Rerviees next Sunday. Rev. Davis will preach next Sunday morning in the Presbyterian church at this place, at 10.30 o'clock. The fol- lowing Thursday being Memorial Day, Rev. Davis’ sermon will be appropriate for the occasion. Sunday school will be held at 9.30 in the morning. A ———— Two Accidents, Jacob Kerstetter, of Miles twp., had a leg broken at C. C. Loose's saw mill in Sugar valley, by a slab that struck his limb, The wife of 8. D. Gettig, of Aarons- burg, had her right leg broken above the knee by falling thro the hay mow. m——— For hiv Farm. Davy Meyer has returned from a trip to Maryland where he purchased some Alderney cattle which have been put on his farm. — Extraordinary reductions in Win- ter clothing and overcoats by Lyons, Bellefonte, and this means a reduction from the wonderfully low prices they have had during the past season. The reductions last only a short time. A A ————— ~Read Lyon & Co's great spring opening on page five of the REPORTER, They offer some extraordinary bar. gains in all departments of their store. Their stock is larger than any in this part of the state, and a dollar invested public's property for private education and any district doing so would make themselves liable to be cut out of the | state appropriation. There was no other for our | board to pursue than the action they took. Our annual appropriation from { the state is a little | greatly lessens the school tax, and for COUurse nice sum which the board to endanger this is not with- in the keeping of common sense, —— -e Sharp Frost. The frost that last Friday morning was a sharp one did this spring. and more harm than any Grapes are supposed to all killed. Mauecl | harm was done the apple crop. Gar- have been nearly den truck got asevereswipe, but by early yet, re-planting up for it, and nipped but will recover again, but the Corn back-set, Wheat | freeze will give them a | rye was badly damaged. and { clover did not suffer. there heavy frost in the valley, Tuesday night Was which the pecuniary inestimable damage to The | fruit growers will run into growing vegetation. loss the sands. From all parts of the | Wednesday morning came reports of damage by the frosts. On ponds and standing water ice one-half inch thick | formed. Grapes, apples, and | fruits were badly nipped, and the pros- {pects of a good crop are decidedly | slim. - . Foster on the Weatoer, give f i | storm wave to ere the continent from Ist to 25th, | the Pacific coast al and the next will reach t 26th, cross the | west of the Hockies by cle | country 27th, the great central valleys 25th 31st, This i ¥ + | turbance will develop avery consider | to 3th eastern states | able energy with severe local storms, $ 4 in, | Rockies country about 2 | tral valleys 25th, and easte | 30th. Cool lockies country about 20th, 3ist and eastern My next bulletin will | general forecasts of tempearture and rainfall of June for the nine crop tricts of the United States \ Reformed rn wave will cross west of | tral valleys | June 2, pot Cemetery Officers, A of the Lutheran congregations was held in the church last Monday evening, and R. D. Foreman and Hen- ry Boozer were elected meeting leformed Cemetery Association. The cemetery ed the board of trustees to purchase a a strip of land containing about eights of an acre. The price of was finally and definitely fixed. EP five lots Band Tournament The residents of Philipsburg are going to hold a band tournament in June, and the prospects are that it will be a most successful affair, ipsburgers are hustlers and the success achieved in their former celebrations clearly demonstrates that when they take hold of anything, they get up in the morning. May they have a glori- ous time and a large turnout. — Still Hearty, Grandmother Barger, who lives at Roland, this county, is 108 years old and she still works around the house and yard as she did when a young wo- man. She bakes bread, milks four cows and does a great deal of other work. She is certainly a remarkable woman, Hugged Close. Talking of fires in the mountains the other week, we may add now that there was fire in every house last week and overcoats were in demand. IA SS —————— ~The merchant tailoring establish ment connected with Lewins clothing house at Bellefonte, has the reputa- tion for turning out the best and most stylish clothing worn in the county. —Wanted-—Potatoes, Smoke meats, and all kinds of country produce; will pay highest market prices.—C. P, wna os ff a ——————— Marriage Licenses. | | | granted during the past week : ohn H. Hines and Julia E. The following marriage licenses were Cross, of Bellefonte. Wesley Thomas, of Rock Bpring, and Cora E. Meyer of Centre Hall. | Frederick Bwisher and | Shunkwiler, of Philipsburg. Jacob 8. Harter, of Coburn, and Ro- isa M. Bheetz, of Wolf's Store. Bp Additional Mention — Willis Risk: | at Coburn, Blanche i, formerly landlord at the stand landlord This is a well-known one, and Willis is is now | Kline house, Lewistown. do- ing a good business. — Rev, 8. H. | Monday from Mi | was attending the sessions of Eisenberg returned 11 he iii Re- nburg, where the | formed classis, We Mp Charch Dedication The United Evangelical church buil- dedicated Presiding el | der Stapleton will officiate. | ding at Tylersville, will be next Sabbath, May 26. — The Rainfall, The 19, was one quarter of an inc rainfall on Sunday h. tpt i & You chase you make at our store, CAL save Your Shoe Bill of You can Is a big item your CX pense. Reduce It By trading with us From baby to grandpa can find suitable Footwear Here. We all sizes, all styles, all prices for all A ery o have people. Special Thing Is our Ladies’ Button and Lace. Mingle’s Shoe Store. BELLEFONTE. When You Come To The CIRCUS, Come To See Us. All the Latest Styles At Bargains Right Through. and they are exceptionally cheap. jellefonte, al | Lewins, Wanted, |Co’s store, | 5 0.000 lbs. of Wool. Lyon 1 bd = G Send Us Your Mail Order.s 0 moni} GARMANS. ELLEFONTE, L OBE. Bb i y (1008 right ining in 5 3 11 1s ay . dersell vane, a yd evers y . (r0018 Knows it. { tomer to ALWAYS SHOW THE LARGE 3 » Ga back. fay or ever We started We un- t buys Dry 4 " £a9 not Very iar s } puniic since, ‘one in this vicinity tha every cus ST STOCK, ALWAYS MAKE i : 14 . | And to always sell the very best go YOUR, | that has ever been shown in Bellef« It is made up of the newest an | own and foreign countries. | here under 12 1 O ATs Challies, 5c. all wool, beautiful styles, now 25c. American Printed Diminties, 1 French Plisse, imported goods, 25¢ in this country at 18¢. The styles ferent styles of White Goods from ties. Printed China Silks, 24c. inch half wool Suitings, 16¢. LADIES’ sell. Prices, 25 cents and upward. There are values that are only are all right or your money back. IN MILLINERY. The enormous business we hav Style, taste in timmin gome hat for 83 than you can get in there brings returns. Long, Spring Mills. ~Hubscribefor the REPORTRE, $1.50 Bellefonte, mte. d most popular fabrics, made in our These have never been sold Grench Ging- French Challies, strictly These are worth half a dollar. Oc. Best, 15¢. The new fabric, . We have the same thing made are beautiful. Black Organdies at 10c. 30 dif- be to 2hc. dotted Swiss, all quali- A waist is obtainable at this store. The goods e done in the last three weeks in any other establishment for $6.
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