THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. KURTZ, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER CENTRE HALL, PA., THURS, Sept. 5. THE NEW RACKET No. 9-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte, If Our Old Customers in Penns Valley Have the least idea that there is any store in Belle fonte that is the equal of The New Racket, they only need to call and see for themselves, We hear disinterested persons say everyday, “This store is away ahead of anything in this town,” “This is as fiue and as large as any store in Williamsport,” &e In Regard to Prices. We hold the fort against all competition, We know what is going on. Are never un. dersold on the least tem, and U get many at half the usual price. Nol tricks or mis representations allowed, Special Attention Is Called to the Black Dress Goods Department. Botany Mills, Specialties for Ladies Wear, The 81k Novelties for Ladies Walsts and Dresses. The Dress Lining Department is first class, the Notion Department is up to date. Headquarters for everything usually found in a Modern Department Store. (G. R. SPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr, Bellefonte, Pa. RIBBONS Are pretty, ornamental, and useful. Some use them for hair adornment; others for friendship bows, while others press them into general use for trimming dresses, capes, coats, ete. We have just opened a large from a New York at prices that cannot be undersold, 1 i ot manufacturer, quality, of course, being considered. Can you tell Good Yarns When you sce them? If you are a judge, see ours that will be in about Sept. 5th. We have Yhereto- fore carried the largest assortment, and best qualities, and will this Fall even excell our former record. » SCE YOu al our Expecting to } wi en in need of store this Fall goods, we remain as ever, Y ours, W. T. MEYER, Bush Arcade Bellefonte, Two doors from postoffics LOW KATES, TotheG, A. BR Encampment at Louisville, ville, Ky..viaP R. R of to September For the National the Grand Army of the be held at Louisville, Ky., 11 to 14, the Pennsylvania Company will sell to the public, from September 7 to 10, round- trip tickets from Centre Hall to Louis ville and return at $13.4 for the round trip; proportionate rates from other points. These tickets will be valid for return passage if presented on the Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pitts burg prior to midnight of October 6, Encampment Republic, Railroad inclusive, essai cm Clinton County Democrats Meet, The Democratic Clinton county con- vention was held Tuesday last, with ex-Senator 8. R. Peale chairman. Candidates named for county offices were as follows: Associate Judge, A. M. Dehaas; distriet attorney, KE. P. Geary; county surveyor, J. L.. Eckle; coroner, Dr. J. B. McCloskey. John F. Marshall was elected county chair- man, and T. C. Hipple, P. Kane and I. W. Gleason delegates to the State convention, C. 8. McCormick was in- dorsed for judge of the Superior court. on FHCRC hr Cave Sold, Penn cave, a few miles east from here, we learn definitely from Jesse Long, has been sold to a gentleman from Williamsport, named Warner. The price paid is $9000 and includes the hotel and 6 acres of land; posses- sion to be given next April. The new proprietor will, no doubt, improve the premises and make it more attractive as a resort, ——— Will Meet on Friday, The Juniata Valley association Knights of the Golden Eagle, embrac- ed in the counties of Mifflin, Hunting- don, Centre, Clearfield and Blair, rep- resenting over fifty castles, will hold its convention on Friday, September 6, in the Masonic Temple, Lewistown, to transact business pertaining to said organization, A Nall Mill to Resume, The nail mill at Lewisburg has been sold to Harrisburg capitalists for a con- sideration of $12,000. Arrangements are being made to resume operations at an early date. Over 150 men and boys will be given employment, Married, On the 20th of August, by A. J. Reesman, Esq., Edwin Sunday and Miss Annie L. Cain, both of Belle fonte. Figured China Silks, 20c. a yard. Striped Wash Silks, 3oc. a yard. Lyon & Co. BURGLARS MAKE A RAID. They Ransack Some Contre Hall Homes and Get Some Boodle—-Are Discovered. in this town on Friday morning last, the thief cometh. An entrance effected burglar into the residence of Kurtz, in prying up one of the front windows, which was left open by in- was by serting a neatly shaped round 14 inches long, somewhat thicker than a lead pencil and had one end shaved to a wedge, which inserted tween window box and In the room he first tackled ing desk near the window, went the drawers but was raised sash. found no valuables, hall ; he unlocked the front door, opened it wide, then opened the outer door propping it with a porch chair; the room and entered the here this was his precaution for easy escape in case he was discovered. From the hall he threw a flash of dark-lan- tern up the hall stairway which was noticed by those in bed upstairs, but such reflections were common persons passing on the street his from at night with lanterns that no suspicion was aroused. He crossed into the parlor, but found no valuables and entered the rear sitting room and got his light and he ined it and found in it only flower seeds, which he didn’t want ; eye on a neat lady's basket exame- leaving the basket open and finding nothing of value bother , he struck the rear stairway ; opening the door noiselessly he sent a dark-lantern flash upstairs to of the passage up ; this flash was he cared to with get an idea the persons in bed upstairs, but for the reasons above all were thrown off their guard, and silently as a cat the burg- lar reached the the floor and the slides of the dark-lantern hall second on were brot into active play to give him the locations ; these flickerings were also observed by all but something like it was so common from the back yard the with lamps at night. of a neighbor only across alley, in going about One step farther and the burgler was in front of the bed-chamber of Mr Mrs, Kurtz, lantern flashes were rapidly the thief chair on which lay Mr. Here the Was someth and with open d and Or rif sent the room and soon spied Kurtz's taloons, inmates ised there ing wrong ond of utter darkness, a f two yells from the bed, and Mr. Kurtz for f ond too late the the pants, ¢ i scribed by ti of the lante urned to his escape not havin i watch 1. axe to time grab the i the chair. Unarmed feet Mr. Kurtz heels of the tl followe he he et into street, | dar with a Kness made in the intense escape—armed volver Mr. K. rs him it could easily have shot But nate there was no contact either in the in chase down stairs, was fortu- room or outside and, no doulst with a have been done by the burglar to of The thief wore shoes with padded soles ax his The slouch hat armed revolver, the shooting would detriment the pursuer, movements were utterly noiseless, amount stolen was £25. A belonging to F. Kurtz, jr., which hung on the hall rack, was found next day ina pen hack of Boob's shops. Checks and postal orders in the stolen pocket book to amount of some £20 have had notice served for stop-payment. few rods farther up, another burglar was at work about the same time the first floor of Mrs. Barefoot's dence, prying open a window, fasten ing the sash with a plug similar to the one described above ; doors were then opened to facilitate escape; all the and tables in the search for money and jewelry, but finding none nothing was taken but pair of new shoes belonging to Will Smith, and some light-cakes from the cellar. It is likely the racket across at Kurtz's stopped further op- tempt would have been made to ge up stairs. The inmates were not aware until next morning of what had taken place below during the night. Mr. SBandoe alleges thieves broke in- to his kitehen that night, and left evi- dence of it by open doors and windows and things being disturbed. When chased from the Kurtz resi- dence it was just 2 o'clock, a. m., am- ple time being left to burglarize half a dozen houses yet, but for this one alarm, In the first ease above we give the modus operandi of a burglar minutely, as it may be of interest to the reader, we having been an eye witness and done some footing in it. A burglar can not be seen behind his little dark lantern, all back of it is in darkness, the light being thrown forward in a ray manipulated by a slide and spring, ——————— ~(learance Sale, One Price. Cash. MoxTaoMery & Co, Clothiers, Bellefonte, BURGLARS AT MADISONBURG, | Kansack a House and Steal a Child Get Chased, On Tuesday evening, before dark, two thieves stealthily entered the house of Joseph Spangler on James Ciramly’s farm, about one-fourth mile west of Madisonburg., They entered in thro the main hall and began to search for valuables, rummaging boxes, cup- boards and drawers from cellar to gar- ret. The hired girl was the first to | discover the thieves and give the { alarm, and the thieves fled thro a corn | field to the woods when pursuit was | abandoned. later in the { night and entered the house a second { time and went on the search for valu- The thieves came back ables, were again discovered and | chased, During one of these raids they car- ried off a baby and owing to their being closely pursued they cast the lit- tle innocent aside and it was recovered by the parents, Some few articles are missing from Mr. Bpangler’s house, It is supposed the babe was carried | off to lure all the house making it safe to return and rob undisturbed. The one thief is oldish man inmates from described as being whiskers, wearing a an with gray the other as a young man | mustache, a The body of an almost oped male infant tied in a flour bag was the ghostly find of two employees light Excelsior electric near the Walnut of the I street lock of the Pennsylvania canal last evening, says the Harrisburg Patriot of Sept. 2 are A. H. employed to supply The men, whose names Harter and 8S. M. West, are went the | water is received to remove the in the boiler room and the es through which ol gral debris which gathers daily. In the ace lation of bushes and rubbish one of the men noticed a flour bag, It was haul- ed ashore and inside wrapped in New Word was who the child. Coroner Krause, the Lie body of sent to took remains and will make a The body of the fq tion. inly showed that it was o al birth. - - - Don't Criticise us Printer's Dress, Curwensville lowing on . ttl ereal Uf d thi wiv] wl nforme will a Dew pair wen bh husband's bil Deen due nearly fe wearing i= $10.75 an pe Children's A very fine ~abbath Meeting. exercise { the Lut church of this place, the program He evening in ing a children's service, arranged J. M. Rearick. church was crowded to its { the pastor, Rev. utmost oan- pacity. The music consisted of voeal and instrumental and was creditably performed by the children. The main acts were the building of the Bible pyr- amid and the decoration of the cross with floral wreaths and garlands, by a The | dience went away greatly pleased with | class of young ladies, entire an- | the service, i po Evidently Soaped Them, the | end of the county last week selling | Asoap agent visited western a | dozen pieces of soap for $1, and giving | a “premium” of ware. The agent has gone and so has | the dollar from every one who wanted | The were represented as being in Chicago and it is altogether possible they will never leave tl 5% pieces of china- | ed a set of dishes cheap. dishes Ncohools Opened Monday morning the public schools opened, starting on an eight months term, with Prof. Wolf, Frank Fore man and Miss Helen Bartholomew as | instructors, Very nearly one hun- | dred scholars are enrolled, with more | yet to follow. In two weeks they take Nl tpl Wrest Sena? i! Coal in Nittany Valley. A black substance which is suppos- ed to be the outcropping of a vein of anthracite coal, has been found in Nit- tany valley, A shaft is being put | down and an investigation will be made to determine whether the find is valuable or not. aan a ————— Squirrels not Pleoty, We do not hear of many squirrels having been shot yet, at least we have no returns from Ben. Arney, who gets them when plenty. Reports from oth- er counties are that the sqirrels are more numerous this season than for many years, I —— Figured China Silks, 20¢c a yard Striped Wash Silk, 30c¢. a yard. Lyon & Co. ~Hummer clothing marked down at CORNER STONE LAYING, | Impressive Ceremonies Last Sunday by the | Reformed Church, | Last Sunday was a red letter day in the history of the Reformed church in | Centre Hall. On account of the heavy | rain on Saturday rendering the en-| trance to the picnic ground muddy, | in connection with the laying of the corner stone were held in | the Evangelical church. By ten o'clock the church was pack- | ed to its utmost capacity many | could not be accommodated, There | were present Revs, D. M. Wolf, D. D., of Bpring Mills; 8. 1... Whitmore, of | Mifflinburg; Thomas 8. Land, of Man- or Station, Pa.; R. I. Gerhart, D, D,, | of Bellefonte, and J. M. Rearick, of | the Centre Hall Evangelical Lutheran church. Each of these took part the service, tev, Dr. Gerhart preached appropriate sermon. BStarting i the idea of building —which home is one of the most important ele- whether it the services and in| a very with i Hs on ments in a man's life, be the wigwam of the Indian or the pal- | { The jof a temple was a house for the gods, { ace of the Prince. heathen idea | | Passing to the tabernacle, Dr. Gerhart spoke eloquently of the presence of Je- | hovah as symbolized by the cloud, and The | Christian church was described by il- | lustration also in the temple of Jerusalem. and comparison in plain j and elegant diction. Without pressing unduly the matter | of ti il collecting money, he coutribu- yas in subscriptions and cash amount- i ed to £150.00. choir in Lo | everything being in order, Noll miract | ters and proceeded orderly i i { Inanner thie new church where the pastor, assisted by John Bellefon the laid the « who has w the work, stone with rer bweatitiful corer % s $1 i ot beautiful ceremony in the Directs 1 §T i was of inusic i endered, The desire, a fine order a hus ended ¢ day was all that the Reformed brethren appreciate ted, Bellef i other places. esl manifes there wing resent fr mite, Boals- Hi Old Paper rofessi of them. - - a He Is n Fake. the Adam rail splice, S80. 000 & An item has been going of the press about one Sunbury, inventing a which he received from the Delaware, Lackawanna railroad. It is said that Ruhl borrowed 845 from a man named Leisher at Watson- town on the strength of £50.000, getting this before Justice James Brummings, Watsontown, and rant for Ruhl's arrest, time came for him to show EWaore out fi When up atl > » oe. Get Lost and Roost on a Tree, Two Juniata county girls, one from Maze and the other from Salem, went on Shade mountain cits Died Last Friday. Mr. Joseph Warde, of Pine Grove, this county, died at his home on last Thursday, aged 70 years. He is sur- vived by his wife, The deceased was the eldest of seven brothers, all of whom served in the late Rebellion, two of whom were killed in the army, and the balance are still living. itt ct Died at Tasseyville, Verna May, a daughter of W. F, and Jennie Rockey, of Tusseyville died on last Friday of cholera infan- tum, after an illness of only twenty- four hours. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon at the Tusseyville church, Rev, Eisenberg officiating. ———————— A — = Lutheran Services Lutheran preaching next Sanday at St. Mark's at 10 a. m., Emanuel’s 2.30 p. m., St. Luke's 7.30 p. m. aS AM «=A tremendous drive in all lines of gent's furnishing goods and clothing is being made at Lewin's, Bellefonte. Their reputation is long established Lewin, Bellefonte, This means cost, THE COMING FAIR, Forty-Second Annes! Fair at Brook Park, Lewisburg. Pa. The forty-second annual fair of the Union County Agricultural Bociety will be held at Brook Park, Lewis- burg, on Bept, 24, 25, 26 and Fox- cursion rates on all railroads. It is one of the coldest organizations of its kind in the country, and with Increas- better. this the management is composed of enterpris- ing gentlemen, who have formulated a list of premiums that will prove very “i. become demonstrated ever This fact will be year more than before, as stock raisers, farmers and farmers’ or- ganizations, manufacturers and others, in pam- the can be had on application dressing GG. E. Long, Secretary, isburg, Pa. The public is assured that this year’s exhibition will prove eminently attractive, Wp which by phlets issued by Society, Oar nd Lew- pre- Owing to an Big Freight Wreck, All of the passenger trains west on the Pennsyl- by over early Bunday morning vania railroad were sent Sunbury the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, arriving at Ty- and Lock Haven and rone between 7 and 9 o'clock a. m., from five to six hours late, owing toa big freight wreck at Barree station, in which seventeen cars, containing principally heavy bridge iron, were scattered over the several tracks. a To Make 5 Plaster r ng A mustard plaster made accordi will not Two to the following direstions blister the tablespoons mustard, two of flour and most skin, fix Belsitive two of ground ginger; do not mix too dry; place between two pieces of old apply. If it first lay an extra piece of mus- muslin and burns too much at lin between it and the skin; as the skin to of muslin. becomes accustomed the move the exira piece - ad ~ Local Inklings. Mrs. a new roof, Dnl. walk front of his home. Dinges has given her residence “leisher has laid — Not Settled, Tue fi suspended the entire WCUitly « IODINE AN examination, reinstated the 51 - a 111. y “ v Figured China Silks, 20c. a Wash Silks, Lyon & Co, yard. Striped oc. a yard otwithstanding the enor- mous advance in hides, and i 5 i Lge leather and shoes consequent rise in . We are selling all our goods at old prices, * ad- Our KE anticipated the T 11. 1 vance, and filled store room and base. ith sta pie 1oot- i en « ment w Aannot wear, wh bonght for les ad now be per cont i Vianeoeoe, i than 20 Mingle’s Shoe Store. $000000000000000000000000¢ . y by the Copeo Soap, made Fairbank’'s (30ld Dust pe i ‘ ile $ SOAD KITNOEL 4# ; hing soap and :. 3 . HY IOW price, JC CARMANS, Bellefonte, - Penna. SEBLELBL000L0LIB00060 009 its branches. There is no record that | their hair has turned white, but their | experience was certainly not ss enjoy- | able as a night at an applebutter boil- ing. Bellefonte, and the prices way below the lowest,
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