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,
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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,
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~(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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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,