THE CENTRE REPORTER. FRED. Kurz, EDITOR AND PysLighER C TRH ALL Pa.. Tauns, Nov. 7 THE NEW RACKET « 8-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte, After reading all advertisements, it is no wonder if U could hardly make up your mind, as to the best place to do your shopping in Bellefonte. But if be. fore buying U make it a point to drop in at The New Racket, U will have no trou- ble to decide, A glance will convince U that U are in a modern store, differing in mapy important particulars from any store in Centre Co. As to prices, we set the pace, and if any store in the town matches ‘em, its all they care to do. Re- member advertised prices are not always reduced from low. An article said to be 69 to 39¢, may be 25 or 85¢ value. Our Fall and Winter Stock is now complete and 6400 feet of Floor Space at your service G. R. BPIGELMYER, SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr. Bellefonte, MEYER’S ..CLOSING-OUT PRICES... sy Pa. For Columbia Yarns Germantown, now 11 & 12¢ per hank, were 15& 2 German Ki ) Xe “ - He Spanish Kn } 13¢ ** 18 & 200 Saxony, 10 & 1230 Zephyrs, ae Shetland Zephyrs, Shetland Wool, 15¢ 15¢ The Columbia Yarns are conced- ed the best brand in the So do not § and prices with the inferior grades. market. confound these goods We have always handled only the best. Now vou get them below We carry it th in Cost, the largest assort- $ ome for Hosiery, Dry Carrying ment town. £OON your Underwear, Goods, ete., as they are them off rapidly. Everything goes at and below cost. Jan . 06 1st, W.T. MEYER, Bush Arcade Bellefonte, Two doors from postoffice MILLS, DEATH AT SPRING Mrs, Martha Crawford Dies After = Iiness, On Thursday, 1 , Martha Craw- ford, nee Shugart, Nas her | About three years ago she lost her ey® sight. This misfortune she bore most peacefully, because she saw spiritual- ly. Her remains were laid to rest on Sunday afternoon in the beautiful cem- etery at the Cross church, by her pas- tor, Rev. J. M. Rearick. Prof. D. M. Wolf, D. D., of the Reformed church, and Rev. Hoch, of the Evangelical church, were also present and assisted. For many years Mrs. Crawford had been an invalid and always during that long seige of suffering, she was uncomplaining, bearing everything with true christian courage. She was 61 years, 1 month and 27 days old, and leaves her husband, Mr. Samuel Crawford, one daughter, Mrs, John Glass, and two sons, George B., and John, to mourn their loss, Long Nov. A ff ———— It Hdrries Them Along. The Punxsutawney Spirit man says that parties wishing their letters to go through in a hurry should always write ‘In haste’’ on the lower left hand corner of the envelope. When these magic words appear on the en- velope everybody connected with the postal service jumps around lively, The stage driver whips his horses in- to a brisk trot, the postmaster dances a jig, and the route agent rushes for- ward and tells the engineer to pull the throttle wide open and let er go. hsm Holiday Presents, Here List, Neck Wear, Buit Cases, Satchels, Umbrellas, Hats, Toques, Muffers, Trunks, Telescopes, Mackintoshes, Canes, Golf Caps, Girls Caps, Cuff Buttons, Fur Gloves, Kid Gloves, Foot Ball suits, Scotch Gloves, Boys Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Belts, Sporting Goods, Silk and Linen Hand- kerchiefs, Sweaters, Bicycle Hose, House Coats, Overcoats, Men's, Boys’, and Children’s Clothing Ready Made and Made to Order, MoxraoMery & Co. ————— A A AY ——— Dies on Ariging to Preach, Emanuel Myers, a York county far- mer, who was recently appointed a minister by the Dunkards, arose to Preach his first sermon, When he arose to speak he hesitated and the next moment he dropped to the plat- form dead. The doctors say the ex- citement and nervousness caused his death is a Complete A PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD. Hon, Samuel Gilliland Expires on Wednes- | day Morning at Oak Hall, Harris township's venerable and | | most respected citizen, Hon. Samuel | Gilliland, passed from earth to the be- | yond, at his home near Oak Hall, at 7.80, on Wednesday morning. He be- | longed to a past generation in which | he was a well-known personage of in-| fluence and usefulness, He represen- | ted this county very creditably in the | legislature some 35 years ago and his | stern integrity would not permit him | to draw several hundred dollars of ex- | tra pay which the ‘members voted | themselves. He was a Christian and | a consistent member of the Presbyteri- an church. Of life-long honesty and | uprightness, he was widely respected, and never shirked a duty or hesitate al to uphold that which was right, Next March the deceased would | have been 83 years old, and is the of the old Gilliland family of this ley. He has a son and daughter ing, James at Oak Hall, and Mrs. H. Sechler, of Bellefonte. His wife died | some years ago. Funeral at the Branch | cemetery, Saturday, at 10 a. m. ; servi- | ces at the house, last | val- | liv- LE — om Farmers’ Institute Season The season for holding farmers’ in- stitutes in this state opened on Mon- day. These gatherings are held under the direction of the Department of Ag- riculture and will continue through the winter and spring. John Hamil- ton, deputy secretary and superintend- ent of institutes, has arranged for series of these meetings in every coun- ty in the state. Senator Critehfield, of Jenners Cross Ros ads, and ( ieorge B. Powell, of Meadville, have gaged as speakers by the department, Lo assist at the institutes whenever the local managers find they can be of ser- vice. The expenses of the speakers will be borne by the department. a been en- Kee retary Edge and the heads of the bu- reaus in the department; Dr. Schaefl- er, superintendent of public instrue- tion; Dr. W. Atherton, dent of Pennsylvania State Dr. H. P. Armsby, director State experimental station, Prof. 8S. B. Heiges, pomologist of the Na- tional Department of Agriculture, will also aid in the institute work as their official duties permit. Cieorge presi- College of the and Mr. J. D. Ww agner, miller at Pine- ago received notice to pay the sum of $100 to the patentee of the middlings process that in nearly mill the United States. It that a patent was obtained for separating the middlings from the bran ISTH, aud in a very short time, mill in the U. the process, thus is now in use every in Seems about nearly every took advantage of infringing unknow- ingly on the rights of the patentee and by the decision of the United Supreme Court, every mill the sum of N. States using the $100 to process shall pay the patentee, Will Charge for Bleycles, The great increase in the number of bicycles carried by passengers on the Pennsylvania railroad has led to the issuance of an order that the railroad will no longer carry bicycles free as passenger's baggage. They will be rated the same as excess baggage, except that the minimum charge will be but fifteen cents. The baggage men say that of late eight or nine bicycles is nothing unusual on one trip, and that goes to show the increase in bag- gage heretofore seldom carried. ss Apples Plenty. A merchant of Snow Shoe has bought from the farmers and shipped to eastern markets this season over 100,000 bushels of choice apples, which fact tells very plainly that the apple crop was not a failure in Centre coun- ty. The most of these apples were purchased at the low price of 20 cents a bushel, while for some of them only 10 cents was paid. man so —— Will Be a Farmer, Our worthy townsman, George Ock- er, will go te Miles township next spring and take charge of the farm of his father-in-law, Reuben Gramly, and get down to practical farming, the earliest of all pursuits. We are sorry to have wo pleasant a family leave us. i A oS ———— Gets Able Counsel. The McCracken brothers, who were committed for murder in Huntingdon county and whose trial will take place at Huntingdon at the December term of court, have secured able counsel in employing Judge A. O. Furst to defend them. ss—————— Cotton Tails, Rabbits are plenty in this section this season. The other day Charles Arney chased up 13 in a few hours and of these captured five. The cotton- tails are also reported plenty in other counties, and are not bad eatin’, Thanksgiving, President Cleveland has issued his proclamation designating Thursday, Nov. 28, as a day of shankugiving and prayer. Buy your inter clothing at Lew- ins, lefonte. hay everything and below TRIAL LIST, clog Monday, Nov, 25, 1805, FIRST WEEK. George W, | Wolf. i ge RASCALLY WORK OF HAZERS, dents in & Private House. Two students have been expelled | | indefinitely suspended for hazing. | Lyon & Co. vs. Rosanna Miller, 8. Lind Fox vs. H. P. Korman. National Wall Paper Co. vs. H. Korman, BK. L. Ehle vs. H. P. Wainwright & Co. Korman, ve. H. P. Kor- Win, J. C. Joseph Bros, & Co. vs. Wm. ol Sanford Newman vs, | man, A. Ishler vs, Samuel Frontz. F. Re- | | | i i | 1 fer, SECOND WEEK. Bank of Montreal vs, Bank of Montreal vs, | ges. Bank of Montreal vs. John A. Rupp. Ss. A. Pringle va, Jessie B. M. Eby, et al vs, Sarah ander, B. M. rich. B. M. Eby, et al va. Mary Harter. toly M. Test vs. Joseph F. Bean. Junnel & Aikens vs. B. P. et al. Philip Collins vs. R. A. Thomas. BA. Thomas, J. A. Lukens vs Owen Jones. Martha E. Oswalt, of ford Fire Insurance Co. Centre Co. Bank Co. Neff, et al. Wm. L. Theodore Fetzer vs, Maggie A. Bechdel Stover, Wm. et al. Daniel Baney vs. Geo, 8 Emma Grove. Anna L. Cowher V. Alex- Eby, et al vs. Sarah J. Ul- lellefonte Central R. 8. Brew & Son vs. Elizabeth Brew & Son vs. Elizabeth use VS. Vs. Joseph 1. McDowell vs, G. Wm. VE. 8. Flegal. Showley. Frank R A. Hartsock va, W. F. Reeder, heesely, Hezekiah Ewing ve. G. W. McWil- liams, Michael C over, anavan vs, O. L.. Nchoon- Chas. W. White vs. Mary E. Ryan. Michael Canavan vs, 0. L. Schoono- Ver. if eeea—— Has Resigned, Bellefonte to the preme court The owing that S- News says of the relative to the Valentine Furnace company, J. W. Gephart has resigned as president of the company and John P. Harris has to fill the vacancy. Mortimer Don- oughoe has been elected supperintend- ent of the Nittany Valley Harry C. Valentine became a member of the directors of the furnace company and Robert tary and treasurer of the Sompany. late decree been elected railroad, —— Making a Trip South Our neighbors opposite this office, Mr. D. J. Meyer and wife, left nesday, for Charleston, 8, C., to mick, and are accompanied by Mrs. C M. Bower, of Bellefonte. Their route | is vin Washington, D. C., thence to Atlanta to take in the Cotton States | Exposition, thence up to Charleston. The party will be absent about four weeks, and we bespeak for them a pleasant time. ——— lo S————————— rr First Normal School. Juring the year 1855, Prof. A. K. Browne and Ira C. Mitchell estab lished a Normal school at Howard, and so far as known this was the first Normal School in Central Penna. Our recollection is, that this item is correct. Mr. Mitchell was then and still is, an able champion of the cause of education in addition to his ability as a lawyer, tomes A Whopper, Ratabags Our subscriber, J. B. Harper, of near Potter's bank sends us a rutabaga that is a little elephant. He writes : “This is a Miller and Quigley rutabaga from the Seven Mountains, weight eleven pounds, and beats the 8} pound one from Millheim—of course, the Seven Mountains are way ahead.” Since they have found the largest rutabaga over there, they should be able to find Henry Fry next. nmr Getting Along Right, The report that Mr. John M'Coy was suffering from blood poisoning as a result of the injuries received on his hand from being caught ina cornhusk- er, is incorrect, and he is getting along favorably, Alec's hand is also heal ing. Simon Harper is pretty nigh over his attack of pizen, ' Wrong on Hydraulios, Some Bellefonte news gatherer, with his usual accuracy, telegraphed to the city dailies, on Friday last, that an- other such a rain as fell on Thursday, would put the river in rafting order, Ignorant cuss, it will take about ten such rains as Thursday's to put the Sasquehanna into fair rafting «Lyon & Co. have made a still fur. thelr | may be all of them, may get into the | criminal courts be fore the affair is en- tirely at an end. Among the two rooms and Shivery | Try freshmen had taken were the College. to give them And thus mat- time, until when a large erowd of | some one | of Mr. Bhivery | and demanded the surrender into their The demand was refused, whereup- | had taken | been the College cannons they with them and which had ed for the occasion with and all kinds of dirt Windows were load- stones, old right at | broken, | de- | tomatoes house was house was 80 defaced and besmirched that it! to tell its origi- Two shots were which | were ery were | fired, time all the inmates of the badly frightened except Mr. They by house Shiv and one of the students, equal to the emergency. Each ly seized double barreled and sallied forth into the crowd, manding their immediate under threats of being fired they They began to draw, iz to take the the the property ordered them to leave that, Mr. Bhi hasti-| shotgun | de withdrawal i with- in into refused, attempt with them i cannon, but owner of which did, and holds it they very as a ransom until The names of most of the students | the College au- number, under once taken in hand by thorities and two of the Hed will be unable nited States, and fourteen others suspended indefi- nitely. This was thought to the matter, but it is not. Mr. SBhivery, ed for the went to Bellefonte with the had Young men He decided, } 3 i the ringleaders, expe such cloud that they any other college in the 1 a be not yet being reimburs- to his property, and consulted that very damage result he informed tl a strong in the however mat he the criminal courts, case against 1 Lie, to give them one chance to set the that if they will pay all cost participants have been notified A BCL the lated so far, repair the damage to i ! | i of $1,000 the matter will be allowed to fail to do this they at wember court. +, but there and that the prompt and summary manner which the College dealt redeeming feature in it, authorities {ating the new men at State College to be strictly a thing of the past. oe —. Six Children Dead fel Ziegler, of Millheim. informed, is the sixth that have died, the five that went fore being in their younger years. seventh is now the only child of the family. A sad afMlict ion, but a consolation that they are in a better world. This, we ler in these many bereavements. A —— A — Water Fifty Cents a Bucket, A traveling man asserted the other day that he was in the central part of Pennsylvania driving. He stopped at a farm house and asked for water to give his horses. The farmer said wa- fifty cents a bucket. to have it, and it cost the traveling man $1.50 to water the two horses, — Lock Haven Express, miei anatfmssa— Falofal Accident, Last week Henry Beck, C. D. Wea- ver's sawyer, in the east end of Miles township, met with a painful accident on the mill. With a stick he wanted to fix something at the saw and in so doing got too close to the teeth and as fleshy part of his leg below the hip. He was at once taken to his father's home and medical aid summoned. Death at Millhelm, Clayton, a son of H. E. Duck, esq., died near Millheitn, on! Saturday, of typhoid fever, He resided on his fath- er's farm, and leaves a wife and two children. His age was about 50 years, and he was a young man respected in that community. ~The cold weather coming on .wil, require heavier and thicker clothing, as protection against the wintry blasts. Lewins, Bellefonte, has a full new “PENNSYLVANIA DAY.” Reduced Hates via P.R. RR. For the especial benefit of those who | position on “Peansyivania Day,” November 14, the Pennsylvania Ralil- road Company will place on sale ex- below, The tick- to Atlanta Washington, limited for con- and for return day of trains leaving Union Station, Pittsburg Altoona Harrisburg...... Williamsport. SO Easton ——— ) - A New Sort of Swindle, A slick fellow is working a swindle in near-by towns, and this is the he works: Entering a business place he will beg the privilege of addressing way accommodated with a $10 bill for small change, as he to send that amount in the letter. he gets the bill he will carefully wishes If place and he which he handful seals, of change then taking a leisurely When the out of the place, change is is 25 cents short, and of course the bailed and acquainted with the fi He back, expresses just took it for $10 at around the corner and asks that back the stranger at, COmMes surprise, a store it 5 ne goes mistake the has the rectified, at time addressed which supposedly contains the £10 bill, and handing to the until he He into his hand, goes out return, same taking it returns, other the $0.75 does looks sweeps and dupe not and when the in- envelope for The 's | Wo yt ine $10 bill it has vanished also, That velopes. iis little game, Religious Notes. The at Tussey ville tor, Ra ting in the new U. E. church conducted by good, { awakening, nese the pas- wv. Goodling, is well at- good order, grea rd. the Ev- Hall, « Rev. There will be preaching in at Centre by mn 7pm, the (soodling. pastor, Wo pt Winter is coming, and Lyon & want you to ded je where you ww ill their {o, buy your winter goods Read A price list is 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ooo 0006d000 otwithstanding the enor- mous advance in hides, and conse quent rise in leather and shoes, we are selling all at old prices. . our Zoods ad- our base. E anticipated the vance, and filled room and ment with staple wear, wich store F00t- cannot } } four DOUENnL I0or ees NHow be than 20 per cent. ad Mingle’s Shoe Store. MR A lp RH RN RM Its Blanket Weather tween Bir oe We are Trying to better This Business. We Are Opening the New Goods. GARMANS Why We Sell The best Gloves. 3 ] grads Poor ndge a dry LE vice versa the best dry new, and part ght gloves— FARMANE it was selling t ry then 1 Our advertisii would | and you woul the next time, same quality. Saturday only. dation goes with them. BODO VNeR VDDD DDD0VDDDRDDDD TV DOD -» BELLEFONTE, VOD VVVYD time and money. 1g 1 *OOOR as the y are. ads. von we them, ad. on our find to All Sizes and Colors. PA.
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