VOL. LX VIII.
PICNIC ECHOES
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT ON
THURSDAY
A Tremendous Storm Drives About Ten
Thousand People from the Grounds,
~A Jam and a8 Rash,
The Granger's pienie had a tremen-
dous crowd last Thursday, and the at-
tendance was larger than that of any
day previous. Early in the morning
vehicles began arriving from
of the county, and during the
it 1 constant
through town into the grounds.
was ¢ stream passing
Centre School Matters,
County Buperintendent of Public
his report for the past year and the
same shows the following:
Oma,
0G
Din y wi;
; number of schools number of
average from $24 per month,
lowest, to $1331 as the highest,
as
In seventeen districts the state ap-
Opening of Bucknell University,
Thursday was opening day at Buck-
| one the town of Lewisburg has ever
Students have been pouring in-
The registration on the
day shows seventy
Sophomores and the rest
es raised, and the most of these
i
id
| the 275 teachers employed, 197 hold
| professional certificates; twenty-eight
a total of over 400 in the entire Uni-
versity. The other schools of the Uni-
creased attendance it was necessary to
L. G. C.
trains were run in sections to accom-
line. One train of ten coaches
time it had left Millmont the
was so crowded that it was compelled
to run by the stations west te Centre |
commodate the delayed passengers.
From Bellefonte and intermediate sta-
tions tremendous crowds lined up at
the stations, and traffic was pushed to
its utmost. lined with
passenger coac , and it was the big-
gest day in the history of the railroad.
Visitors continued coming until]
about two o'clock, when the sky be
black
threatening
rain. The thun-
der and lightning was something ter-
Sidings were
1
ues
came overcast, and dark
overhung the valley,
heavy downpour of
clouds |
aj
i
rible, and a rush ensued to get oft the
grounds. Every available place about
the park was used
!
for tieing
and a jam resulted in the many
horses, |
1
rehii-
cles trying to get out of the path of the |
approaching storm. Through the
streets of the town it was an endless |
line of buggies, ete,
Wagons, , some- |
and |
for |
diamond
the drenching to follow. Trees
everything
shelter in the town,
available used
and the
were
gies and wag-
Many were drenched to the skin,
was crowded with
bug
Ons,
the storm had abated every body who
could started from the Big
lakes of water covered the lower parts |
grounds
of the park, and the ground was churn- |
ed into mud. The rest of the day was
a fizzle, and every one had all the pie-
nie they wanted for that day at least,
and to get away as quickly and easily
as possible
Trains
was the all-absorbing theme. |
were run in sections to ae-
commodate the people who wanted to
get away, and by evening the crowd
had dwindled down and very few re-
mained.
Friday opened bright and clear, and
the grounds had nearly dried up, but
very and the
crowd only numbered about 2.000
3,000, It was the last and few |
cared to take it in. Tenters began
preparations for flitting home, and |
many left.
The shop keepers this year complain i
of doing a poor business, and say there
few visitors arrived,
or
day
was very little money in the crowd. |
If there was they were not spending
it. Some say that even last year more
money was taken in in spite of the]
rainy week. Many were at big ex- |
pense in setting up stands and their |
profits are a minus quantity,
The tenters only numbered about one |
hundred and twenty-five, with about |
one-half of the unoccupied. |
When this feature started with |
the picnic it was a big card and scarce- |
ly enough tents could be provided, but
it seems to be losing its hold and peo- |
ple do not care as much for camp life
as formerly, The nights are eold and
prevalence of storms are features which
do not make the life a pleasant one,
A rumor is going to the effect that
the management will quit bucking
against the gods and will change the
date of holding their pienic. Year af-
ter year bad weather has interfered, !
$
tents
was
and the rainy weather gotin its work, |
The third week in August rumor says,
has been decided upon, but the report
can be given little eredence, as the
committee in charge have not held a
meeting since. If they wish to cater
to the publi¢’'s approval, they will
change the date, and get out of the
way of the equinoctial storms,
The train service was good and spe-
cials were run at convenient and prop-
er intervals from both ends of the road.
Bupt. Westfall, of Williamsport, was
on the ground, and under his guiding
eye everything moved smoothly.
The shows under tents, Welsh Bros. ,
and Parks horse show, did about the
best business on the ground, and had
good crowds three times a day,
The water supply was sufficient to
meet all demands and enough was on
hand all week for emergencies. There
was some apprehension felt concerning
this, owing to thesprings in the moun-
tains being very low, but they were
equal to the occasion,
I I Sr
ee
A Hint to Bleyclists,
An exchange gives the following bit |
of advice to bicycle riders and if heed-
trouble. The article |
says: A bad habit that prevails among
versity of Chicago. Thirty men will
try for the team. In a few days the
bicyclers is that of coming up behind | to go to the training table, The pros-
dashing by like al or foot ball were never brighter
{ flash and shooting in ahead of the] at Bucknell than this year. There
| horse without announcing their com- | plenty of new material besides the
| rigs on the road, pects f
+
against this practice, and the reputa-| ground. will
{ tion of the delightful outdoor exercise | Bloomsburg Normal, September 28, at
The Season open
longer. A number of accidents |
have been narrowly averted during|
the past month as a result of the care-|
When approaching a rig |
from the rear, bieyclers should invaria- |
ues
lessness,
bly announce their presence by means
of a bell or whistle. This will greatly |
’.
lessen the chances of an accident.
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A Famous Tree
By order of the Borough Council of |
Plymouth, Pa., the famous elm tree in |
that town was cut down last week.
This elm was voted, March 2
1774, by |
then referred
upon which our
Subsequent to 1774 |
rendezvous, [It was
|
lie
to as “the noble tree
ancestors gazed.”
it served as an auction mart, village |
market and whipping post. A count |
It was feared that
old tree would be blown down and
372 years old.
the |
do |
i
some damage.
py
Bary Him Deep.
1
The following from an exchange
not ir
hi
i
in
appropriate: “Bury the calami-
ywier out in the woods, in a beau- |
hols
pecker pecks and the straddle bugs |
straddle He is no good to the
city of push, too impractical, too stin- |
i
vv
$ifs
Lift
s in the ground and the wood- |
around,
gy and dead; but he wants the whole
earth the stars
that Then hustle |
him off to the bumble bee's roost, and
, and
overhead.
and of the crust
shine
bury him deep in the ground; he's no
and make room for a man that is
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All Free
Those who have used Dr. King's
New Discovery know its value, and]
those who have not, have now the op-|
portunity to try it free. Call on the
tie free. Bend your name and address
to H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and
Life Pills free, as well as a copy of
Guide to Health and Household In-
structor free. All of which is gauran-
teed to do you good and cost you
nothing at J. D. Murray's Drug Store,
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Fine Timber,
The walnut timber purchased by the
Ohio firm in this community, is being
hewed and squared near the depot,
preparatory to shipping to the sea-
board, thence to Europe. Immense
timbers have been bought, and the
pile of logs represents several thou-
sands of dollars, We understand very
little timber has been left standing in
out.
alan ——
Got Here,
THe cold wave did not miss Centre
county, it arrived Monday night, not
in freezing quantity, altho ditect from
the two feet of snow that fell up in
Wyoming where people perished in a
September snowstorm: while in the
east here people were sweltering in a
September sun hotter than any in 23
years,
pig
Awarded Damages,
A Jury in the Elk county court last
week awarded Isaac Hannas $1000
damages for a broken leg which the
gentleman sustained by being thrown
over an embankment while driving
along a defective rond. Another war-
ning for supervisors,
mm YU MA SN
~learance Sale,
One Price,
Cash.
Lewisburg
News.
—
Shattered His Falth,
Captain David M. Copelin, of Deca-
tur township, is disgusted with light-
He just got his house completely rod-
with the very latest
and when the storm came up on
Thursday the Capt. sat down
serene, he knew
along
The first thing
of lightning came
and played havoc with things gener-
that it never touched a blamed rod.
Mexican war reception.
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Warning to Hanters,
The young hunters, who have been
the
squirrel shooting began should
that they are liable
heavily fined for their action.
law excuses no and the fine
from $5 to $10 for every bird or animal
shot out of season.
for
take
tiverous birds since HeAsON
$
to be
notice
one, is
Phesant shooting
legally begins October 1: rabbits and
quail, November 1. Itis unlawful to
shoot meadow larks, robins woodpeck-
ers, catbirds, bluebirds, flickers or
yellow hammer, kill deer or night
hawks, under a penalty of not less
than $10, nor more than $50.
EE
Smashed the Lamps,
Last Friday evening a gang of
smarties, said to be State College stu-
dents and several others, amused
themselves by parading out near the
depot and smashing the street lamps,
Several were broken before some citi-
zens discovered what the would -be-
toughs were doing, and pursued them.
One or two were recognized and can
easily be identified. They will likely
be handed over to the district attor-
ney, and may not find it so funny af-
ter all.
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Sagar Valley Items,
David Geisweit who moved from
Sugar valley to Union county, was
struck by a train Saturday at a cross-
ing at Mifflinburg and injured so badly
that he died Tuesday, He was aged
76 years and leaves a wife and several
children.
The widow of George Eagleheart
aged about 84 years died Saturday
morning at her home east Loganton.
Her funeral took place Monday.
Mrs. Greiger wife of Charles Greiger
was buried on Saturday. Mrs. Greiger
was aged about 75 years, and lived
west of Boonville,
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Last Day.
Tuesday, October 1st, the time ends
in which the five per cent. abatement
cai be had on all taxes, Tax collector
Frank Arney will be at his home and
Bartholomew's store the latter part of
this week to receipt for all monies paid
him,
MP ss s—
Destroyed the Fish Dams,
Sheriff Condo, of this county, made
a trip down the Bald Eagle creek
Monday ns far as the Clinton county
line and destroyed a number of fish
dams,
~The merchant tailoring establi sh-
ment at Lewins, Bellefonte, is turning
out more and finer work than any in
this part of the state. The prices are
MonNTaoMERY & Co,
Merchant Tailors, Bellefonte.
Just right, and once a customer always
| CAPITOL NEWS
| SECRETARY CARLISLE VISITS THE
PRESIDENT AT GRAY GABLES,
| Sensational Papers Find Grounds Therein
| 4 "
i for Big Stories ~The Sugar Bounty
i
Law Not Disposed of Yet
| WasniNnGToN, D. © 23rd, 1895.
yy Sept.
The sensationalists are at it
and with
about foundation
On
as much
for their stories as usual,
msatur-
Mass, , Ww hie re he several week
He didn’t tell
the newspapers w hy hewent. Marion
| is known to be in the vicinity of Gray
spent
{early in the summer,
i for the ven-
ders of cheap sensations, The wires
ails
Vv
dent Cleveland and all the £
what he was
were telegraphed off with
al
de
i why and wanted
no bet
ively imagination.
| It is altogether probable that Secreta-
the
in Wash-
week:
ry Carlisle went away to escape
heat, which has been terrific
sl
middle of Is
also fthat he will business
combine
with comfort and see the President be-
It will be a long time before Recreta-
t hears the last of his not at
l let
t
He was down for a speech, b
tending we Chickamaugua ox Wh
i 1 4
ut
insfead of going to Tennessee he went
Mrs,
he
ii
f
t
to Maive, to bring and
Hi
it he would
Lamon
children home, BAYS
hi
have attended the celebration if
+b
Lie
im down for
} do i
1 i
{ had not put h n
The one this
| & speech.
t
14 can't
IR
Senator Vest was naturally
silver question misrepresented by
ri
I
ritated at having his position on
In
{ that there may be no possible
{ be an interview with him.
| derstanding of the position he
his
“I have not changed
de gree
| pies he states it over own
| ture, as follows:
{my opinion in the slightest as
to silver, and must protest against be-
4
ing called upon to explain imaginar
| slatements never made, and for which
I stand upon
Missouri
Ie
never wavered in my position.
{ I am not responsible,
the
August
| the platform of Demo-
i erats made in
the question of re pealing the pu
ing clause of the Sherman act was
for i
e the Benate I reported from tl
nance committee on behalf of mv col
it
ioe i
| leagues on the commi who favored
free coinage, and myself, a bill for the
| coinage of silver dollars at the rate of
i 20tol, and I voted
the friends of silver in both Houses,
first, for the ratio of 16 to 1. then 17 to
{1 and finally for the of
the Bland-Allison act.
to vote
afterwards with
reenactment
If called upon
upon the question I
should endeavor to secure free coinage
for silver as standard redemption mon-
ey at the old ratio, and if that
not be had, then at
again
could
some other ratio,
'
jority.’
the Treasury ! The department of jus-
the conclusion that the Dockery reor-
ganization act, which went into opera-
tion August 1, 1884, makes the Comp-
troller’s authority paramount in all
matters involving the payment of
money from the U, 8B. Treasury. The
investigation was made at the request
of Becretary Morton, because of an
opinion rendered by the Acting Comp-
troller on the power of the Secretary of
Agriculture to expend certain money
for the distribution of the Farmer's
Bulletin, a Department publication.
Nobody seems to know just what is
going to be done about the sugar boun-
ty. Becretary Carlisle notified Ex-
Senator Manderson, the counsel for
the beet sugar men, that he would
hear his arguments against certifying
the case to the Court of Claims, any
time after the twentieth of this month.
Since that time nothing has been
heard from Mr. Manderson. Regard-
less of any argument that may be pre-
sented it is not thought likely that
Secretary Carlisle will send the case to
the Court of Claims against the wishes
of the claimant. It has been stated
that he might overrule or reverse the
decision of Comptroller Bowler, but
that is something that Secretary Car
lisle himself has positively stated that
he had no authority to do,
A Democrat who has never been
specially friendly towards Nenator
Hill has just returned from New York,
where he was in touch with every-
thing going on in inside Democratic
circles, Said he: ‘‘Senator Hill has
been doing a wonderful work in his ef-
forts to get the Democratic party in
such shape that it will have a fighting
chance to regain possession of the state
of New York. It matters not whether
this work be done for one reason or
895.
of i
entire
the Democrats
| the state but from those of the
country.”
i
| too, not only from
Democrats here are much
interested in the New York state Dem-
held this
whether
ocratic convention, to be
fos
week, They want ¢ know
{ it will declare in favor of any Presi
{ dential candidate.
a >
County's Wealth,
By the kindness of Mr. R. ¥. H
ter, lerk give
a
Centre
Uil-
Commissioners « the
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valuation of all the
By
readers the assessed
taxable property in the
this official
oA
cleared land and 1
The
able is $11,082 406:
county.
there a
statement
abl
I's
le 105,471
171
value of
persons tax
1, ACTes
ber land, real estate t
real estate
Zils i
Viiue oj
exempt from taxat is $1,252,087
There
and ge
iX ion
7128 horses,
ure
14
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lings over fou
4 credit nd
value of which
Od cattle over four
» of which is
" 1
value of sal:
g
g ~~
84
¢
ATION, oiuments of ofl}
p
i
trade, down at
srofessions, y 18 put
omnibuses,
puri
property
}
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’
state Ee
ail
awn slireel, Arid
REronTes
oul and take
: fd
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What Parmer Smith Says,
mal at a reasonable
in excellen
blood ; solid color.
Smith also wants to b
ed threshing
patlerns, used
DRC
by mu
reular or tread power.
, one of thesmall
‘ 1
i
also, a ci
farm
Ago ;
yw whetl
his
ii
He also wants to kn« r
knows
red and white sj
b3
er any
where arling
1 heifer
white
yi
ks
yO Lex
i
| one else
she
is
marked by metal band
containing his name, address and No
{== in left car. She strayed from th
{ Kerlin pasture tract in Seven Mts.
A special train will be run from the
| Lewisburg fair today, to Centre Hall. |
{| The train will leave Brook Park fair!
| grounds at § in the afternoon after |
| the events of the day are over. A |
| good sized crowd will go down from |
| here to take in the races. The train |
will arrive about 7.30 o'clock in the
evening, and will not be run beyond
this place,
is a
Wp
Train Back
an
D0,
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Apples, Giants and Dwarf
Samuel Rowe brought
formed sweet apples to this office, a
sample of others grown on his trees,
The one measures fourteen one-half
inches in circumference and the other
thirteen and one-fourth. With these,
and plucked from the same, tree, he
had a third and perfectly formed ap-|
ple, measuring one and three-fourth
two finely |
inches in circumference, giving the
two extremes,
& Trespassing,
Persons trespassing upon or over any
farm or wood lands owned by the un-
dersigned, for the purpose of hunting
game or gathering nuts or for any oth-
er purpose, will be prosecuted.
B. H. Anxgy.
tire. MP
Water Searce.
IN Altoona, on Tuesday evening, the
people did not have watar enough to
get their suppers. Wilkesbarre is in
nearly the same fix, with many other
places ditto,
MI MSS ih
Two Cent Rise,
WHEAT made a two-cent upward
Jump the other day. Let it jump a
five next.
Clay Wosterd Suits worth
12,00 and 15,00, our price, 7.00
d 8.00. on & Co,
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COBURN,
The House of Lewis Snavely Destroyed by
Fire on Monday Afterncon.
On Monday afternoon the house of
Wis
Bsnavely, situated about ons
4
mile east of here, near the Beaver Dam
tunnel caught fir to the
i % } ‘ i #14 4
y Wilh nearly ontents,
time of the breaking
He no one ys
daughter, ag
ind another
to Cot
OTe
rone to David Burd
}
fis farm work.
near the alarm of
bq
LOUISE
opened a barber
WO rn of Wesley Hie Fe
t We
depot.
i
Can
John i
Miss Tammie
’ s1lating a
SOT AIRUINE a
Was Cire
3 3 1
ace several days last week.
r school bell was placed on the
1 build
day last week, and hereafter
ifry of the new schoo one
chil-
dren will be summoned to the temple
of knowledge by the resonant sound of
t bell.
era of enlightenment has dawned
ng
43
Lie
autiful toned Surely an
up-
to
1 Granger
ation was
‘he trav the picnic
£
t unusually large
this year,
The farm belon
tate was sold at public sale the
last Thursday to Francis
Long, for sixty-seven dollars per acre.
A number of our people expect to at-
tend the Union county fair today,
ging to the Evart es-
on
return train in the evening.
P. H. Stover has repaired his walk
others
in some
travel on.
Mrs. Bartley, wife of Samuel Bart-
ly ill at her home at that place. She
is suffering from a complication of dis-
Mr. Ed. Robinson has closed his
corner grocery store and will dispose
of his stock on hand at a good bargain,
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gist,
~(learance Sale.
One Price.
Cash,
MoNTGOMERY & Co,
ant Tailors, Bellefonte,