w? Po VOL. LXV. CAPITOL NEWS JUDGE HARMON APPOINTED AT TORNEY GENERAL. The Promotion by President Mr. Olney to Secretary of State has been Well Received President Cleveland’s official family is again intact. nof Mr Olney, who has proven himself to be The promot io the prime requi be =e eretary capable and foreeful sites for the position—to | received, and of State has been wel the prediction is made ernor Oates while in Congress was al- | | The Latter Part of Warmest {dominate Illinois Democracy.” Gov- FOSTER'S PREDICTIONS, June Will Weather, | ways classed as a free silver man, but Bring the } he now supports President Cleveland’s financial policy. Be ons MORE NEW OFFICES. June 13 to June 17 and the next will reach the Pacific coast about the 18th, | Creating New Berths with Snug Little Sal. | Cross the west of Rockies country by | aries, | the close of the 19th, the great central t valleys 20th to 22d and the - V | | | | states by the 23d. This storm wave vill inaugurate the warm period of the month and the storms will be of more than the usual force, year passed finally in the house by ito 25. The pletely reversed itself on this measure, a ). house has com- | Three weeks ago the bill was defeated | The storm center will take a north- i THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS IN CEN TRE COUNTY Its Early History.—The First Settlers, | The Indians and Incidents Genermn- tions Past, It is difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain when the first actual settle- nt that Hey olutionary ment was made in what is now Ce a county. It is known, however, it was previous to the for “in 1776,” according to Linn, tion he made Attorney General Judge Harmon, of Ohio, the as At “Al new - torney General, is 1 in Washington, but know him speak in the terms of his qualifications for the those who do ighest 11: very i 1 i I I't He was endorsed by Senator Brice, Ex-Governor Campbell, and See Carlisle, and that trio of goo in advance upon ary any man endorsed by i 1 Democrats ean count the ty end V Haorse ment of the rank and 1 y Head file of the party. pe who have | ing to Ohio Democrats, was not ways regretted that their state represented in the cabinet, althou their regret was somewhat mitigated had first iy rtfolio dd Campbell might have a wis po t organize when the eabine ty in that state in the pending ecam-| paign. rlisle will this week re- Secretary Ca sume his financial speech making Kentu According t« ceived by him his othe in is s Ie ¥ RY. » advices re had a marked effect cratic sentiment Senator Harris, has been in Washin two on public Memphis to take ¥ i vention to be h is expected t principal spe: He says that | ocratic party must either 1 heli andon h 13 138 silver or a Presidential election | Wil ARC] Crenera Postmaster gr commenceme eat demand as a spe at Last to Mississippi for the week he ing to the graduat Washing lin, Missouri, wher today he | he similar address, His not end with his | he to graduates; sounded to ases entertain an o this or that college Senator Smith, of is in Was} lic matters in w Mngton arrangin Hic 1 host In HOT previous to as IKIing ! tour, says on a subject in which Dem- ocrats are greatly not committed to any candidate but it goes without saying that William C. Whitney, would most admirable President. ular; he is conservative; he is able. ar he would unite the Demoeratie party. I think he would poll the ocratic entire Dem strength. of whose good work as chairman of lepresentative Sayers, House Committee on Appropriati was a striking feature of the last CO gress, is in Washington, having returned from the graduating exercis- ] es of the Naval Academy at lis. He is & member of the Government Visitors, Annapo- | of | Be rd One of Liiis year's graduates, Joseph B, Sayers, Jr., i is his nephew and namesake. (raver nor Sayers speaks in the highest terms of the system of education maintained at the Naval Academy, but, like human systems, he thinks it might be improved in some directions. For in- stance, he thinks the cadets ought to graduate in five years, instead of si as at present. all + President Cleveland received a doeu- ment a few days ago that will doubt- less be a prized relic with the descend- ents of his family for ages to come, of China, thanking the President for the kindly offices exercised by the United States in bringing about peace between China and Japan, The letter is beautifully engrossed on parchment, in the Chinese language, of course, and was in a case covered with im pe- rial yellow silk of the finest texture. It was presented to President Cleve- land by the Chinese minister in per- son, who gave Mr, Cleveland a verbal translation of its very flattering con- tents, Governor Gates, of Alabama, who is now in Washington, says upon a sub- Ject that is being much discussed: 1 do not believe that the silver move- ment in Illinois is as important as has generally been believed. Tomy mind, the Democrats who took part in thts movement showed their weakness in their alliance with Populists, I have these drought condi- on the calendar until it was called up | tions will be changed extensively be- Representatives Martin, Focht, and | us showers will fall in many places. Fow, who formerly opposed the bill, | The last eight days of June will also I'hey explained that a per- | sonal examination of the affairs of the | ature, with probability of light frosts on the northern borders of the Unit- auditor general's department showed ed States, Light frosts in the north- is the summer months feature of this an «¢ X pected reason for any member voting against remarkable crop fa BOI. A warm wave will cross the west of Representative Fritz, who has Cell the op- a new i Rockies country about 15th, great tral valleys about the 20th and 2d. A will cross the west of Rockies about the 21st, the leys about the 23d states by the 25th. office or increasing salaries introduced { eastern states on cool He | at- | country i : i i | it, were already seventeen against al vid central tl ae great and eastern or general at an annual cost of $28,000, | ontended there was no necessity | Indications now are that conditions il d « . will be favorable to the sow for thi The his action, * i f s office. ing ol 1 now goes to { grain, but calculations are he Seems Ww governor for 10 approved, ciently complete to indicate be 1 be Ling conditions of 150, h disposed of | ion Auditor General My- | the foree in his de-{ information ed, 1 ly be able to give this July of t rovernor has his year, As promis 1 . publish in the bullet } we > ral characteristic 2F ail Glenn, of | winter, which will begi: { cold December, } -~ * - Met With an Accident. William tock was crossing Main str all Thursday while Mi al # vel Other | A { Hirst Lock Ha harul { DOI of t} the 6 1 Canal, bili below Rep we milk wagon #1 Vit x» kine} a ven the King i SHOT HIS FATHER he was driv- 3 { ing broke as the he diteh he into side horse When the found jolte i t The Son Takes His Father for a { south the i turglar | on of and Shoot im, ; { ai sis Him t street t Strode, he post mas- { ran away with the wagon. Joseph animal was caught it was that $s service in this state. 's Mills, $ the tendons of both hind legs were cu ¥ i { £11 nye and to end of miles ti sufferings the shot. aptain Mes | Clintoek owned the horse an § Of © : OY his | poor brute it was robberies perpetrat- ostoflice at that ¥Ki for would have refused 82 ars have made the | mal. His son who was ng the viUK $ i iris 1 Tuesday night | i Mr. prowling hrown f wagon bolt i thie hie acl endered Was irward wher Strode his 3 I broke and fil rior SirIKing iit i [31 i «l Site ! » i 3 atl hie heard me one i against some projection. was aren i t the "1¥} o tid "ka 34 - tt 3 ADO He premises, an i dres ing him unconscious fora short time. self, without apprising L pri g the fam- | to His son, Amor, who is as-| +3 4 a3 » one outside i anv of a ily of his intentions, went out in-| Found Moshannon Coal. Messrs, WwW. H. MeCausland and had wiall Al piece | They vel th his father in busi- | age Y. of good Casanova have another fortune have discovered a seven and has- , i : them. seized a shot gun, went the him to n of land be- | longing to them laying along Moshan- creek between ran Mountain Branch. are acres of the coal, branch of the foot 'W and saw a man at Moshanon coal on a tract of i Amor ordered The demand, d and fired, lodging buckshot in the man’s righ tore building. throw up his hands, man paid when three The en made that His ¢ found to be painful but not dan- non Bear and There the run Philipsburg and Mo- shannon railroad runs along the foot no attention to the ] Sh Amor aime 2 and lear fr arm terrible discovery th was i he had shot his father. WOU ie ? +d . z 5 awe nds of the hill where the coal is opened. EY the coal. The opening has been driv- {en in forty feet and the vein is proved : fall . | to be seven feet thick, — 1. dyer, the following complimenta- | | | i Aeknowledgements The * Reporter’ acknowleges the re- + yy with thanks: ries, Ticket to the Fourth Annual Tour- aunty Budge Bi, The bridge bill as signed by Gov, ind Western New York Band Associa. | T188tings will relieve the counties of | tion, at Philipsburg, June 20 & 21., in- | 21! anxiety as to the destruction of county bridges by fire, flood or other calamity. When a county bridge fs destroyed by any calamity the state authorities will rebuild the structure at the state's expense. A bridge that is rendered unfit for use by reason of long standing or wear and tear will be rebuilt at the expense of the county. The county commissioners retain con- trol of the bridges and make all other necessary repairs the same as hereto- fore, cluding the horse, sack and dog races, | A grand, big time for lovers of music and fun, Ticket to the Bicycle Brook Park, Lewisburg, June 14, best cyclers in the world to be there. Mics, Card to the grand Williamsport Cen- tennial, to open next week, Card to the Forty-fifth Annual Com- mencement of the Bucknell Universi- ty, Lewisburg, June 14 to 19, A treat for literary and educational tastes, Reserved seat ticket to Junior Orato- rical Contest, State College, Monday wt —— i csa— Made a Confession, At Williamsport on Tuesday Sam- uel D. Gregor, who was on trial for choking the child of his housekeeper to death, made a confession in court. He stated that the child had been left in his care, and to prevent it crying he picked it up to insert his finger in its mouth. A few minutes after laying the child down it died. Gregor was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to undergo an imprisonment in the peni- tentiary of three years and six months, on Attended Commencement, Quite a number from this place drove to State College on Tuesday to attend commencement exercises at that institution, and inspect that seat of learning. A I — ~A new spring suit from Lewins, Bellefonte, is the proper thing now in evening, leserved seat ticket to Alumni Ad- dress, State College, Tuesday evening, ticket to Commence- ment Exercises, State College, Wed- nesday morning, . yo . Reserved seat “Many of the citizens of Rainsville, Indiana are never without a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in the house," says Jacob Brown, the leading merchant of the place, This remedy has proven of so much value for colds, croup and whooping cough in chil dren that few mothers who know its worth are willing to be without it. For sale by Win. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville, Cla y ot evs Wosterd Suits, worth 12.00 and 15.00, our price, 7.00 y settled;” and Sherman Day says alluding to the Fort Treaty Slanwix JIXLE BAY, & year or two Andrew previous Boggs, father of the late distinguished left bank of Bald site to an old Eagle Creek, Oppo- Indian village on the flats near where Milesburg is now - uated. Daniel and Jonas Davis. Low 1 Dutchmen, settled a alter down the Mr. Boggs, a little further There Davis’ place, at whi ible in 1777. Mr. William settled on Spring Creek: about a Belle it mou creek, was a block-house at ha garrison was stationed for awl after Mr. Boggs, Lamb mile | below Le the gap Richard Malone | r ust above in jin the | | was also arly settler in the v {A Mr. Cull € wrison, who was th Indians, appears also to have i i | tled somew here in valley during » ae | PT : i . 2 we Revolution, Soon after the treaty Potter,” afterward under Washi Branch 68, James al 1 HE igadier General the West br # Hy VO ri 631d 5 ! Bald up r and ie § BOR fv 1 Hi Logan's ( ap, ie Cres ir choles v i #3 Cites » . fe ¥ crossed the Nittany mountain $ s ® Lit % Val the fir lv P r je and fo : upor Ta | r Bel 11S Oy ehh 4 oy Wy, He entered the service of Washing- rmudaywine, d was with sKIVIDE instruction t tions in regard to the and explicit « 4 i BR Cor iid t oO tain rtant expedi- Pot- | Potter, of imp » conducted | (reneral he y Dr. t-grandson of the Ge f : hands o of the to hi Valley, subsequently puty-surveyor for the Sixth He died in Franklin county, he fall of 1788, from the ef! iors | clos war, General Pot- At the return "a ie] id Pe became de H in «1 possessio nn i and district, Pa., { ins upon his property. Hq had gone to Franklin county for the] g medical assistance, his i residence of General Philip Benner was one of the county. In 1792 he located in | Spring township, where he died in He a native of Chester county. When quite young he took up arms against the British, under General Wayne, who was a relative, After the war, he became a successful manufacturer of iron, at Coventry forge in Chester county. About the | year 1790, he purchased the property | in Centre county known as “Rock | Furnace,’’ and after erected a forge, one of the first in the county, to which he subsequently added another forge, a furnace and a rolling mill. The rising importance of the west im- pressed him with the idea of opening communication with Pittsburg, asa market for his iron and nails, He suc ceeded, and for many years enjoyed, without competition, the trade in what he called “Juniata iron,” for the western country. He held the rank of Major-General of militia, and was twice a Presidential elector. Andrew Gregg was another promi- nent citizen in the early days of Cen- tre county. He was born at Carlisle, Pa., on Juue 10th, 1755. He received a classical education, and was engag- ed for some years as a tutor in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1783 he commenced the business of store keeper in Middletown, Dauphin coun- ty. Four years later he married a daughter of Gen. Potter, and in the following year moved to Penn's Val- ley, where he settled down in the woods and commenced the business of farming, about two miles from Potter's old fort. He remained on his farm until 1814, when he removed to Belle- fonte tor the purpose of educating his 1833, was sS00n no idea that the Altgeld faction will and 8.00. Lyon & Co. clothing. children, several of whom were still . was chosen a member of the Bates Senate, I'n 1820 he to the position of Secretary of Commonwealth by Gov. Hiester. Was a4 public man, as well as in private life, he was remarkable for a sound and discriminating mind, agreeable and dignified manners, and unbending and i unyielding honesty,” Col. John Patton, who bullt the first furnace in the territory of Centre coun- Samuel Miles’ regiment, appointed March 13th, 1776. He participated in the battle of Long Island, Major of Ninth Pennsylvania regiment, Octo- Ly, was a Major in Col, was appointed ber 25, 1776, and after the organization f 0 i the Pennsylvania Line in 1777 com- the He and his Miles, became additional regi- Id friend, Ol associated manded one of ments, in business in Centre county, er owned vast tracts of land. 18002, LOY in i § )l, N of Miles, Milesburg, took a very founder active amuel the part the Revolutionary war, was in active 1 performed While yet an Clapham’s ervice a long time, and most important duties. gn in Col. regiment, he participated in the building of Fort Augusta, now Sunbury, in 1756. In * gives the foilowing brief Xperience at that time year or two after: “‘“Wi marched up the west side unti i town of Sunb quehanna we came opposite i wiiere Lhe ury ni g 1 ana I man bateaux, was finished, »d there in ga f MS, Of In the summer rly taken prisoner one-half mile 1: inrge On an open ow called the A thes tree to ere § Samuel While we were { a party of Indians lay a short ¢ amu meealed in than we ne returning to i pursuits, and became owner o Dari latter of his life he was largely interested in Miles engaged extensiv f valua- ble property. ug the part the manufacture of irc and for mn, built Spring Belle- Me. out that purpose on fonte. They are now owned He not Milesburg, but did prosperity He died by laid advance only to than more its growth and any about the year 1805, The Potter family the to have prominent in Two, at least Seems been one of most of the General's sons occupied posi- tions before the public in various offi- One of them cial capacities. became ceeded his father as deputy-surveyor. In addition to the pioneers already mentioned, Col. John Hoit, a Revolu- tionary soldier, settled in Bald Eagle valley in 1782, near where Curtin’s iron works now stand. He was grand- father of J. H. and Wm. Holt, well- known citizens of Centre county, and among the very first settlers of the north-western portion of the county, Holt's brother-in-law, John Harbison, settled about the same time near the site of Milesburg. McGee and Tipton, also his brothers-in-law, located near where the village of Howard is now situated. Bo did Capt. John Askey, another soldier of the Revolution. The first settlers of the county were, as a general thing, persons of educa- tion and ability, some of them rank. ing as scholars; which accounts, to a great extent, for the intelligence now displayed among its people. Belle fonte, the county seat, has probably more well-informed men and women than any other town of its size in the state, Tue INDIANS, Many instances have been related of the cruel treatment received by the early settlers of Bald Eagle and Penns valleys at the hands of the Indians Often they were surprised at night, their houses plundered, and their eat- tle and other live stock driven off. Their lives were frequently endanger- ed, and in many instances taken. Captivity, with the most barbarous treatment, often fell to their lot. For many years after the county was settled the inhabitants lived in al- most continual foes, of their At times the danger was 80 im- fear BAvage minent that the people had to appeal Y a . . . tion. The following extracts from let- ters written in 1778 will ¥ ive the read- of consternation that must have prevailed at that time. In a le ter dated Lancaster. May 16, 1778, and directed to the Board of War at York- town, by the Vice President of the Su- er an idea of the condition and of the affairs, f~ i preme Executive Council, it is stated th several » been killed by the Indi y, on the Bald Eagle creek and in "it appears that persons i hye wr oy {IH AlN, Very vr Y ] enns Valley, and the peo i ‘ i4 {la P i { i in great distress ie on the rontier for want Col. Pot- to Maj. Gen. Armstrong Fort, ure of arms and ammunition.’ ter, in writing | from Penn’s Valley, “Our “Upper | May 17, 1778.7 emies continue to We and Bays: Haviage ¢n- and { i murder } i SCRID and capture, ve two forts in 3 vall y i this valley re determined sUppo nt to stand as long as we are we have not men se We are too few to make a stand. fray circnmstances of this country are ords people iy lamentable, it x 4 f x i “ I want for The and bread at su | describe tO vou. } ch higl WOOT, (od quences will be,” very i a price; knows what the econse- Again on the 25th of July he writes: “Yesterday two men of Captain Finley's company, Col. Brodhead’'s regin fro Is Vores five i Indians engaged, s} i as Van Doran. er Jac ot dead: the Shedacre, ran was i abi XI) aboutd 1778, the the Bal In- Ea- : : 8th of May, a * An on 5 enon Captain Bell’ lled at the house augil, a - He Da- vate o 8 company. 18s i tandiford dea is wife and daughter kill- Were «1 and scalped, and his son. a |} ir eleven years of age diford was killed on farm, Fort. wer of Christian Dale. ti Standiford | four of his family were killed. buried f ‘ missing. what Was 1 miles HILO Dale, raim Keller's ¢ three Henry who h Ej h west « Potter's fat) 3 3 ati eiped $ t bury them, said that and They a ne of the in f the graves may still be seen.” | Were corner o i 1 ii where 3 1 | Many other instances of Indian out- but w hat had to { the fields on place. in. sufficient ii pio- Lae contend i rage might be related. { has been told to show { neers of the county {with and endure. AM mss I have two little grand children who i i i | | are teething this hot summer weather { and are troubled with bowel complaint, {I give them Chamberlain's | Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and it | acts like a charm. 1 earnestly recom- | mend it for children with bowel troub- I was myself taken with a severe attack of bloody flux, with cramps and pains in my stomach, one-third of a bottle of this remedy cured me. With- in twenty-four hours I was out of bed and doing my house work. Mrs. W. L. Dunagan, Bon-aqua, Hickman Co.. Tenn. Forsale by Wm. Pealer, Spring Mills, and 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville. S—— SL ———— Colic, | los, Sayder County Items, John Musser, a soldier of the late war, died at his residence near Middle burg. An agricultural society has been or- ganized in Snyder county and an ef fort will be made to hold a fair the coming fall. Philip Swineford, a well-known and life-long resident of Middleburg, was found dead in the garden house Friday a week. I SS. Rellefonte's Centennial, We extend a cordial invitation to the good people of Centre Hall and Penns Falley to call upon us at any time, especially during our Centen- nial, on June 5th, 6th and 7th. Our lines of Clothing, Hats and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Im- dies’ Shirt Waists and Chemisettes are very large and complete, Straw Hats in great abundance. MoNxTaoMERY & Co. Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte. Sit mss ~Owing to the fact that Lyon & Co., of Bellefonte, must make room for a large stock of spring goods, they now offer their entire winter stock at such prices never before heard of in this county. See their advertisement in another column on page five,
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