VOL. LXVIII. CAPITOL NEWS THE VACANCY ON THE SUPREME COURT BENCH, The Appointment to be Made by the Presi- dent, ~Chaancey F, Black on Penn- sylvania Politics, Secretary Morton believes in practic- ing what he preaches, Several weeks ago he publicly advised young men to buy farms in Virginia, because of the state, To advice cheapness of land in that that good he proposes to buy a farm in the state himself, and to divide dence after his return to private life between Nebraska and Virginia. Sec- retary Morton's good words for Virgin- ia so interested prominent eiti- zens of the state that he was invited to deliver an address Manassas, near the famous battle field of that He has accepted the invitation and while there he will decide about the purchase of a farm in that locality, which is only twenty-six miles from Washington and connected by rail. A great deal of silly twaddle nipped in the bud by the cablegram received by the Department of State from the U. 8. Consul Port Louis, Mauritius, stating that he had made arrangements to send Mrs. Waller, wife of the negro ex-Consul who now serving a twenty years’ sentence in the French prison, and her children to France, by the steamer leaving there the 20th inst. Of course the pathetic story of this woman and her children being left to starve in a foreign land will continue to be printed in the class of newspapers which prefer misstate- show that he considered his resi- some at 1 name. was at = ments to facts all the time, Hon, Chauncey F. Black, of Penn- sylvania, who was in Washington for several days in connection with busi- ness of the National of Democratic Clubs, of which he is pres- ident, said of the Republican fight in “The Democrats, while the Association his state: funeral is none of theirs, are Sincerely desirous to see Senator Quay triumph that to compass his political annihilation. I don’t think that well- over the combine is trying Demoeratie THE PEOPLE PAY THE BILL. So Governor Daniel Can Live in Style In the Gubernatorial Mansion, The executive mansion at Harris- burg will be refurnished at an expense of about $30,000, The parlor will be Louis XIV style and the study Moor- ish. There will be extensive porteirres, curtains, overdrapery and wall and window hangings. The schedule also calls for a “tea service, six pieces, latest designs,” to cost $400, for the mansion, and an entire equipment of silverware, including a marquis set of tea, dessert and table spoons, forks, dessert and eating knives, sugar spoons and tongs, oyster forks, coffee spoons, punch la. dle, gravy ladle, orange spoons, lettuce forks and soup ladle. Besides, there are fruit knives, fish sets, salad spoons ice cream spoons, tomato server, jelly server, Trilby berry forks, pickle forks, grape scissors, cake knife, bon bon dish and spoons, cheese scoop, butter plates and spreaders, sugar sifter, pep- per and salts, candalabras, chafing dish and chafing spoons and flagon. The special cut glass schedule for the executive mansion comprises bowls, trays, water pitchers, carafas, cheese dish, fruit dishes, vase, sugar bowl, cream pitcher, cruets, tumblers, gob- lets, spoon holders, finger bowls, knife rests, ice tubs, cracker jars and fruit Much of the furniture, car- pets and drapery now in use are in good condition and will stand the wear for ten years. To make room for the new furnishings for which the board has contracted it will be sold at public sale in the corridor of the capi- tol to the highest bidder. saucers. ren fn fem — REDUCED RATES. To Grangers' Plente at Williams’ Grovelvia P. R. R. For the accommodation of persons desiring to attend this interesting pie- nic and exhibition the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets on August 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, good to return until September 2, inclusive, from stations on the follow- ing territory, at rate of one fare for the round trip: From all the principal stations on Pennsylvania division GAME LAWS, We Give the Pennsylvania Game Laws as Revised to Date, Elk and deer, October 1 to Decem- ber 15. Spotted fawns, hounding and killing deer in water prohibited, Dogs pursuing elk or deer may be kill- ed by any person, and the owners of dogs that habitually run elk or deer are liable to prosecution, Squirrels, September 1 to January 1; ferrets prohibited. Wild turkeys, October 15 to Janua- ry 1. Plovers, July 15 to Jan. 1. Woodcocks, July 4 to Jan. 1. Quails, Nov. 1 to Dee, 15, Ruffled grouse (pheasants), Oct. 1 to Jan, 1. Rails or reedbirds, September 1 to Dec. 2, Wild fowl, September 1 to May 1. { Netting, trapping and snaring, hunt- ing web-footed fowl with any steam or sail boat or craft prohibited. Shoul- der guns only allowed. Pigeon nest ing protected within a radious of one | mile, and disturbance in any manner during nesting prohibited. | Sunday and night shooting and artifi- cial lights prohibited. Salmon or grilse, March 1 to August 15; under three pounds protected, Speckled trout, Apr. 15 to July 15; | under five inches protected. Lake trout, Jan. 1 to Oct. 1. Black bass and wall-eyed pike, May 30 to Jan. 1. Black under inches protected. Green, yellow, season bass nine willow rock, Lake Erie and grass bass, June 1to Jan. 1: under six inches protected. Pike and Pickerel, June 1 to Janua- ry L Carp, September 1 to May 1. cially stocked streams protected three years after stocking. Artifi- for ty sme Mast Support Their Parents The first case in the State under the new law to compel children to support their parents will be heard in the court at Pottsville. A dispatch from that city says: Anna C. Klock, aged entered suit against her and Charles A. Klock, under the pro- visions of the act approved by Gover 52 years, has sons, James wishing will be of any benefit to Quay; on the contrary, it will add to his load. | Senator Cameron is another load-—a | good bit heavier one than the | thy of the handi- | capped Quay has a desperate fight on | SY mpa- Democrats. Thus his hands, but my belief is that he will ight- people all that is detestable and corrupt in mod- They are or most of them are The character of the men f the They represent win. ing him is enough to put on Quay's side. ern poli I lot too, under the heaviest obligations to Quay." There is little vacancy upon the bench tics, an ungratefu : the | UU. Supreme Court, made by the death of probability that of the Ss. Justice Jackson, of Tennessee, will be The po- gition being too important to be filled | by a recess nomination which the Sen- the new Justice taken the work of the The of prominent Democrats from Washing- ton makes all the talk about a success- | or to the late Justice Jackson but President | Cleveland White, of Louisiana to the last vacancy after two New Yorkers had failed of confir- mation, the speculators now say that the President will fill this vacancy from New York, which is, of course, more or less probable, but all the same it is only a guess, Three members of the present Supreme Court—Chief Jus- tice Fuller and Shiras and White—were appointed by President Cleveland and the appointment which the late Justice Jackson received in the last days of the Harrison adminis- tration should properly have been made by him. Thus what Mr. Harri- son deprived him of Providence has re- stored to the President. Understand, I do not mean to imply that the selec- tion of Justice Jackson was not a good one. On the contrary, it was an excel- lent one, and might easily have been made by President Cleveland, who had during his first administration made Mr. Jackson a U, 8. Circuit Judge, Only it was not regarded as Just the proper thing for an out-going Republican President to fill such an important place, belonging to the Democrats, when he knew that the Democrat selected could not take his seat upon the bench before a Demo- cratic President came in, Representative Bankhead, of Alaba- ma, passed through Washington on his way home from New York. He was asked who would be nominated for President by the Democrats, He replied: “I do not venture a positive opinion on that subject. Personally I am for Gorman. I shall be for him first and last, and I have strong hope of his being nominated.” a e— ~BSummer clothing marked down at Lewins, Bellefonte. This means cost. filled before Congress meets, aflirm after part ate might decline to had court. in absence nothing | jJecause speculation. nominated Justice Justices the Railroad west of Bryn Mawr and east of Fast | Liberty, both inclusive. | From all principal stations on the | Northern Central Railway north of} Lutherville, Md., and south of Capan- | daigua. ! stations From all principal of the] Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Divis- pt Small Squibs "Sorted. Wheat, new and old, is 65 at Coburn. Dr. Emerick informs there many cases of dysentery around. us are Roasting ears have been finding their way to the tables within the past ten days. Fresh apple and huckelberry pies apple-dump- ling are trump now. Some folks have been sampling the roasting ears in John Arney’s cornfield out by the station. Millbeim is having several new jhous- es going up; that town is not sleep- Weather still keeps warm, except nights, which are pleasant. Two Lives Saved, Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junetion City, Ill, was told by her doctors she had consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida street, Ban Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consump- tion, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won- derful efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at J. D. Murray’s Drug Store, Regu- lar size 50c, and $1.00, Pleasant Gapings, A son of Mr. Brooks met with an accident resulting in a dislocation of an elbow joint, which was set to rights by Dr. Emerick. A two year old tot, named Albright, came nigh amputating a finger with a stroke of a hatchet. John Noll, jr., is having symptoms of fever, Henry Twitmire and W. C. Bell are suffering from sciatica. A A ————— Religious Services, Rev. Derstine will fill Rev. Illing- worth's appointments on next Hab bath. Preaching at Centre Hall at 10.30 a. m, Clay Wosterd Suits worth 12.00 and 15.00, our price, 7.00 nor Hastings, empowering a justice to issue a warrant for the arrest of chil- dren who refuse or neglect to support | their own parents, who, by reason of | old age or other causes, are unable do so, to! the muci This law was passed by last | in It inmates in will tend of houses, to reduce the number the county poor maintained at the public expense. which are — mn The Gay Bicycle, A minister who evidently labored hard to learn to ride the frolicsome | wheel and had been worsted in the at- | tempt, thus talks of the affair. “We hereby warn our brothers that these bladder wheel bicycles are devices of the demon of darkness. They are con- trivances to entrap the feet of the un- wary and skin the nose of the inno. cent. They are full of guilt and de- ceit. When you think you have brok- en one to ride and have subdued its wild and satanic nature, behold it bucketh you off in the road and tear- eth a great hole in your pants! Look not upon the bicycle when it bloweth up its wheels, for at last it bucketh like a broncho and hurteth like thun- der. Who hath skinned legs? Who hath ripped breeches? Thee that dal- ly long with a diabolical bicycle, Bishop MeGovern's Diocese There are 42,000 Catholics in the Harrisburg diocese, over which Bish- op McGovern presides. It covers 4100 square miles, has 45 churches, with resident pastors and 63 priests. Under the administration of Bishop MeGov- ern it has grown to be one of the most important in the Middle Atlantic States. The Bishop has just returned from a visit to the Pope in Rome, We are pleased to add here that Bishop McGovern is an esteemed friend of the editor of this paper and for a number of years was a reader of the ““Reporter’’ and once honored us with a visit. —— THE RAINFALL, Registered by the “Reporter's” rain guage: Bunday evening Aug. 11, from 8:30 to midnight, 8-10 inch. Thunder gusts passed around us dur- ring the afternoon, but it was only in the evening that any rain fell in this vicinity. It was very warm from Ist to the 11th, Tuesday evening 1-10 inch of rain. Clay Wosterd Suits worth 12.00 and 15.00, our price, 7.00 and 8.00. Lyon & Co. MOM SSN ~You will want a new suit. You want it cheap and good, as well as of the latest out, Lewins, Bellefonte, oan accommodate you in every partic: and 8.00. Lyon & Co. PENN TOWNSHIP, EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR DE: SCENDANTS. Interesting Facts from Away Back-—Incl. dents, Names, &c., of Early Residents in Penn Township. Samuel Hoy was one of the earliest settlers in the territory of Penn, as we | glean from Linn’s History, and is said | to have cleared up the place now (1883) | occupied by P. occurs in the list prior to Breon. Hoy’s name assessment the Revolution. John Hall was also | an early settler of the territory. He | Committee of Safety in 1776. The Kerr Rankin with him connected de John Livingston, ta settler be New families are either by marriage or Revolution, came from After the came in the Martin, Henry Jacob, John, locating at the mouth of Elk Creek. 1790, Revolution tract of land ad- Joining Hoy's on the upon i east, Daniel 01 The latter had a family John, Daniel, Wil- Henry, Jonathan, h. Henry and Jonathan resided in Millheim, County, linm of eight children, liam, Elis Jacob and Elizabet aN, Elias in U Elizabeth non married of Miflinburg. and Gutelius, This Kreamer family is remarkable physi cally for size and weight. Jacob Ev or} Ig Leh ert came from County, an l on the land now upied by Andrew Harter, and upon the property by his son Michael. Of Mi 1 ms Amanda Jacob married Mary Denni ley and then uj later IM ly recently his arried Kerstetter ; i Peter and Philip Penn. Peter Sarah senhuth ; and Lydia, afterwards Wil- children Hs place occupied by his grandchildren, and David. Peter's David, William, Elizabeth, Polly, Catherine, Was liam were Peter, Jacob, and Ly . Philip Neese's eldest daughter Musser, ted dia. ll LreOrge Swartz ere one was men Hi ] Evangelical a lon cl 3 ¢ lending the and it arly camp-meet- ft} ngs Of His denomination were h David, Mich: ge, Andrew, Henry, Jacob, William, Sarah, C Dormeyer, of Cambria County, Mrs. Moore, of Ohio. M. f Tusseyville, merchant, and nat children were John, Mrs. and and therine, = NWartz, M. George of Lr. : & 4 i dentist, sons of 2d). William Krape settled upon the land Swartz, are Swartz, later occupied by his grandson, Sam | uel Krape. William Krape's descend. | ants were Adam, William, Jacob, Ab- | raham, and three daughters. Adam | married Margaret Fisher, William | married Susan Gramly, Abraham mar- | ried Polly Neese. The daughters mar- | ried Adam Gramly, Jacob Bear and | Mr. Long. Jacob Fiedler settled Penn's | Creek, upon the place now occupied by Jacob Kerstetter. Adam Zerby, a | weaver, settled near where his son An-| on i drew lives, and operated also a saw- | mill erected by Jacob Neidigh. John! Detweiler settled upon the place after-| wards occupied by Jacob Detweiler, now by Reed Alexander. The most prominent of the early cit- izens of Penn township was Hon. Ja-| cob Kryder, He was a member of the Legislature 1815-19; associate judge, 1827. He belonged to the Lutheran Church, and was a member of the Cen- tre County Bible Society from its or-| ganization. He was clear-headed and had a well-balanced mind, candid, conscientious, and honest, trails in which many would-be prominent men of this day are lacking. Judge Kryder died May, 1852, on the farm lately owned by Amos Alex- ander, a mile and one-half southwest of Millheim. He had a large family, of whom were Catharine, married to John Bankey ; Elizabeth, married to George M. Wasson ; Rebecca, married James G. Evans, of near Spring Mills ; John; Samuel, resided near Cedar Bprings ; Daniel ; Susan, married Dan- jel Kurtz ; Mary, married to Michael Eilert ; Sarah, to John Stout: and Mrs, Godfrey Lowrey. Judge Kryder has two grandsons who are ministers of the German Re- formed Church,—Rev, L. Kryder Ev- ans, of Pottstown, and Rev, John M. Evans, of Clarion County, Pa.; J. Wells Evans, another grandson, farms the old place of his grandfather, Lott Svans, in Gregg township, Penn township was organized in 1844. The court appointed as commis. sioners Samuel Pettit, Michael Shaef- fer, and William Smyth, Jr., whose report in favor of the new township of ular, and is bound to please, 1895. WEATHER PREDICTIONS. Foster Tells of Storm Waves and Changes to Take Place This Month, My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from 10th to 14th, and the next will reach the Pacific const about the 15th cross the west of Rockies countries by close of 16th, the great central valleys from 17th to 19th and the eastern states 20. In portions of the country this will be a very dangerous storm and about the of force will occur in various parts of the world on sea and land. The destructive same time storms great storms will oceur from August 16 to 23, 1 have not the least doubt, but to definitely locate these storms is at this time, not possi- The force may be southeastern coasts of the United 1 will experience dis- If the force is islrous storms, center- that their greatest gies will be expanded near Vancouver islands or on the Alaska coast, in great central + fortieth parallel, i i i | 3 i i ! | i | ioned slorm wave ment in the first par- agraph of t bulletin being the mid- die of the three, and all ward, $s 4 iis moving east. The warm wave preceding this storm 1 cross the west of Rockies t 14, great central valleys 19th. The of Rock- 1 central will country stern states he 15th, as 1 Ose 1 west gaia § great states 22nd. eastern wave will probably the northern Cause ¢ 8 in sone of ~, September 15 to 22, N¢ vere, 2, and wember 12 to tes when Wf dangerous, storms may be expected, storms frosts Ww unusually far south, and corn ill Rg damaged to and cotton will be extent ( ‘rops will probably not mature rapidly as most people are Notion ne time ago expecting. was given in these that July, August and byes nd this oughly fulfilled for July. of I average tempera- not be ured on September 18, near which corn will Hing frost is expected in the Cotton will mature slowly during and, although hot, the frost that will occur about the 17 to 18 August and September October will average ble portion of the plant in the north- I call special attention to the ex- tremes of temperature and the severi- ty of the storms near September 17 and Oct. 16, edn Genuine Texas Fever, State Veterinarian Bridge, of Phila- delphia, who went to Tyrone to inves- tigate the death of a number of cattle recently, has decided that the disease is genuine Texas fever, The disease was contracted by the cows pasturing as cattle had been conveyed in cars. The disease was transmitted by ticks, which are similar a wood louse. These ticks impregnated in the skin and cause death in a few days. Dr. Bridge says the disease is not con- tagious, and there is no danger of it spreading. to become eatin A Voluntary Increase, The miners and furnace men of the Valentine Iron company of Bellefonte, have been given a voluntary increase in wages of ten cents perday. The or- der affects four hundred men and it is expected that another advance of a like amount will shortly be made, The company has orders ahead for nearly a year’s work. A AI Mi tM SAAR Veteran Re-unjon, The executive committee of the Cen- tre County Veteran Club, met at Belle fonte on Saturday and fixed on Satur- day, September 7, as the day for hold. ing their annual reunion at Hun ter's Park. To Ship a Sawmill to Oregon. Wm. Hoover, of Clearfield, will ship his lumber mill to Oregon. The freight on his mill from Clearfield to destina- tion will be $600, yet he says he can save something at that, as the mills in that country cost about twice what they do here. i YA ASAIN, ~(learance Sale, One Price. Cash. MoxTaomery & Co, Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte, ns ————————; Penn wae confirmed by court, Novem. 80, 1844, ~-Subscribe for the REPORTER, NO. 32 HEDUCED RATE, Excursion to Ocean Grove Camp Meeting via P. R. BR, For the benefit of those desiring to visit Ocean Grove (Asbury Park) dur- ing the great camp meeting, the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company will, on August 22, sell excursion tickets to that point from stations named below at the very low rates quoted. These tickets will be good for passage to Philadelphia on train named below, thence on regular trains of that day to Ocean Grove (Asbury Park): Time A. M Leave JLock Haver - 1.35 McElhatwan Jersey Newberry ¢ Williamsport shore... Williamsport MUnOY.....oonnenennn Montgomery...... . Dewar ................. Watsontown......... Milton Millmonut Mig8 L« Arrive Phila P. 2 Tickets will be good for return pas- sage on regular trains until August 29, inclusive, and will permit of stop-off at Philadelphia within limit. ———— i — COUNTY NEWS Clipped, Gathered and Condensed from all Around, H.C. Qu ley, esq., is unanimously week, elected captain of compa- was last ny B, while in camp. in Jelle- fonte boro, according to the recent tri- The valuation of property | formerly. Can't H. 8. Braucht, a recent graduate located at cine. We regret to learn that D. F. Fort ney, esq., has not been enjoying the The I. 0. O. F., of Boalsburg, will hold a festival, on 16 and 17, this week. John Grubb, of Nittany, died on 2, after an illness of several years; his age was 85 years. He lost two sons in The Zion Lutheran church will hold a festival on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Zi- on. Ex-treasurer J. J. Gramley sold his Bellefonte grocery store to Rush Lari- mer. Mrs. Michael Hess a short time ago gave an enjoyable lawn fete, at her home near Shingletown, 80 persons partaking of her hospitality. D. J. Musser is about to rebuild his sawmill in Gregg twp. Ed. Cowdrick, of Bellefonte, is lying very ill with typhoid fever at Niagara Falls, where he had been at work with his brother. Harry, son of James Lucas, of near Milesburg, died on 5, of blood poison- ing. me ———— Endorsed Judge Bucher, The Union county Democratic con- vention on Monday nominated the following ticket: Associate Judge, Isaac C. Harvey; Prothonotary, No- ah G. Baker; District Attorney, Wil- liam J. Wilkinson; Surveyor, J. A. Gundy; delegates to state convention, J. Thompson Baker and William E. Smith. A resolution was adopred urging the Democratic state convention to nomi- nate six candidates for Superior Court Judges and paying a high tribute to the ability of ex-Judge J. C. Bucher. The delegates from that county were instructed to do all in their power to secure his nomination as one of the six. Old People, Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bit- ters. This medicine does not stimu- late ard contains no whiskey nor oth. er intoxicant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion, Old People find it just exactly what they need. Price fifty cents per bottle at J. D. Murray's Drug Store, Clay Wosterd Suits, worth 12.00 and 15.00, our price, 7.00 and 8.00. Lyon & Co.
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