TH
E CENTRE REPORTER.
FRED. KURTZ, EDITCR AND PUBLISHER
CENTREJHALL, PA., THURS. Nov. 14.
THE NEW RACKET
No. 9-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte.
After reading all advertisoments, it is
no wonder if U could hardly make up
best
your mind, as to the 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-
will convince
ble to decide, A glance
U that U ave in a modern store, differing
in many 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 advert ised prices are not always
low. An article said to be reduced from
69 to 39¢, may be 25 or 35¢ value.
Our Fall and Winter Stock is now
complete and 6400 feet of Floor Bpace at
your service.
(;. R. BSPIGELMYER,
SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr.
OR
DAUGHTER
‘ould be delighted
one of our beautiful
Watches, or erliag
would be pleased with a nice
Solid Gold Ring. Now yon
can buy them
prices. We carry a full as-
sortment of Jewelry.
T SEEMS a pity to sacrifice
our Fine Cream and Black
They are all silk
patterns,
and that
delay.
with
8 she
at
Laces. al
and some beautiful
but they must
very soon, so do not
LL OUR latest open
work Embroideries are
hrown out at a
ai
You certainly
£0,
now t
mere song.
can use some.
moving
HE GOODS are
rapidly. [Come quickly
or you will be lef
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oe L.
W.T. MEYER,
Bush Arcade. Bellefonte.
Two doors from postoffice.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Coming and Going.— Visitors in and out of
Town,
—J. D. Gentzel and wife, of Geor-
ges valley, gave us a call,
— Witmer Smith and wife, of Mad-
ents Sunday.
H. Murray, Esq., o
Bellefonte, spent Sunday with his par-
ents here.
—hris.
—@George P. Wakefield, once
short resident of our town, was in
town Tuesday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford
spent several days last week among
friends in Union county.
— Miss Sallie McClenahan left Sat-
urday for Milton, where she expects to
remain several weeks.
Mrs. J. C. Boal
for Tyrone where she will spend sev-
eral weekswith her sister, Mrs.
garet Harper.
family from Rebersburg to Centre
Hall, and occupies part of the house
with John Neft, on Church street.
last Friday evening. For the last sev-
eral weeks she had been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Boone, at Schen-
ectedy, N. Y.
Mrs. William Spangler, of Pot-
of Mr. and Mrs. William Bollinger, at
their home on West Washington
avenue Tyrone.
wwe Ouir handsome young friend, El
mer Royer, a leading clerk for a num-
ber of years in one of Bellefonte's dry
goods stores, favored us with a call;
he has changed his residence to Cen-
tre Hill.
—Newt. Bitner, agent at Paddy
Mountain tunnell, is taking his an-
nual vacation, and is putting in part
of the time hereabouts. He has just
returned from a trip to Philadelphia.
—Ji. M. Huyett left yesterday for
East Waterford, Juniata county, in
company with several other gentle-
men. They will look overa tract of
1200 acres of timberland on which they
have an option.
A pS
Counterfeit Afloat,
At the present time Bellefonte Is
flooded with counterfeit five and ten
cent pieces. The imitations are of lead
and of a very poor make, One store
alone refused about twenty of these
spurious coins last week.
sm——— ——— A ADONIS .
—Buy your winter clothing at Lew-
ins, Bellefonte. He has everything
3
THAT ROYALTY,
The Patent That's Troubling the Millers
Who Are Assessed,
In our issue of last week we men-
tioned the fact that sharks were after
the millers of this county and of other
sections to bleed them for royalty on
a patent in the process of making
flour. The case is given as follows :
The United States Cireunit Court,
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in
the case of Henry B. Keiper and Lani-
ous B. Keiper, complainants, vs. Chas.
Miller, defendant, holds that the pa-
tent granted to Samuel M. Brua, No-
vember 12, 1878, No. 200,795, is valid
and the defendant has infringed as al-
leged.
1892, when Samuel M. Brua assigned
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bd
Lancaster, Pa., for
ling an Improved Grade of Flour,” the
“The process of producing an im-
proved grade of flour, consisting es-
corresponding grades of the valuable
products of the first and after grind-
ings, respectively, for ranning off the
finished flour uniformly pending the
ly in the manner and for the purpose
verified.”
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Weather Bureau.
record of the rain-
fall in this section, from a rain-guage
of our own construction, for the infor-
mation the “Reporter's” readers. It
lished an accurate
ted the attention of the {
Jureau at Washington, and a request
was sent us that we forward monthly
i
i
which we at once consented to do,
er science. To enlarge our observ:
us a government rain-guage, and Mas
imum and Minimum
perature, delicate
the to constitute
place a weather bureau,
very
set requisite this
Wp oy
A Lively Corpse
It is only in rare instances that
can enjoy the privilege of reading
their own death in the loeal
ard to Mrs, Harvey Wirt,
| Georges Valley, can be the
distinction. In last Millheim
{ Journal the estimable lady was chron.
feo
one
paper,
living in
accorded
week's
| icled as having died with typhoid
ver. She's alive and well
she
pa-
the
just now for the present, at
has no intention of
least,
verifying that
If you don’t see it in
| REPORTER it didn’t happen.
i -
per's story.
A —-—
Improvements,
i Colyer's new building for a stean
| keg-head factory is up, a short distance
| west of the station. This will add
i new industry to our town.
a
| George Nearhood's new house is up
jand getting under roof; he may be
| able to spend Christmas in it.
Harry Dinges is making headway
| on his new house.
The mason work the new
| church is nearing completion.
on Ref.
fp tl
The Wenther,
| Thursday and Friday of last week
| there were good signs for rain, but that
|isall it amounted to. It's an old say-
ing that, All signs for rain fail in dry
| weather, but the past four months es
| tablish the fact that all signs for rain
fail even in the cloudiest weather. Fri-
day night the cloudiness gave way to
ia bright sky.
| Wednesday night very stormy and
|eold. Thursday bright but cold.
Swapped Him Off.
|
| John Sourbeck, of Bellofonte, some
: time ago loaned Amos Parsons, of the
same place, a horse for its feed. Amos
| evidently lost control of his mind, as
| he traded the horse the other day to a
Hublersburg man for a dog and a cou-
ple other trifling articles. Of course
he was arrested and now languishes
aloo
in the jail. ’
On the Bick List,
John M'Coy, of Potter's Mill, is very
low with scarce any hope of recovery.
Michael Derstine, of this place is
quite weak with little hope of im-
provement.
Guy, a little son of Dr. Jacobs, is
improving from his attack of typhoid
fever.
sisi ini memeiaisn
New Telephone Comp.
Millheim has a telephone company
which proposes to put up a line be-
tween that place and Coburn, Why
not extend it to Aaronsburg, thence
across the mountain to Centre Mille
and Rebersburg ?
»
Just Fattening Them.
Will Allison wonders what has be.
come of the Reporter's’ roosters, We
have put them in training under an
instructor in voice culture so as to be
prepared to do some big crowing next
fall.
Not Clibming Higher,
Prices of grain are not making a
very lively upward Jump. They can’t
begin to keep up with the jump in sa-
laries,
Death at Unionville,
Jesse Fredericks died suddenly at
fs home at Unionville, on
“®P Fu.
ANOTHER BIG VERDICT,
James Goodhart Awarded 828,000 for In-
Juries,
BENJAMIN RICH DEAD,
¥
One of Centre County's Associate Judges
Passos Away,
During the special term of court held
at Bellefonte in October, Associate
Judge Benjamin Rich took sick while
sitting on the bench, says the Daily
News, He was unable to be in attend-
ance at court after he first took sick
and at once went to his home at Un-
ionville. His condition at that time
was not thought to be serious, but nev-
ertheless he gradually got worse in-|
stead of better. He however, came to
After being out the greater part
Thursday, and all Thursday night,
the jury in the Goodhart ease came in
last Friday morning with a verdict of
$28,076 against the Pennsylvania rail-
road company.
This ends the second trial of the suit
of Postmaster J, M. Goodhart, of Lew-
town, against the for
injuries received in f rail-
road wreck. Mr. Goodhart’'s spine
Pennsylvania,
Bellefonte several times since but was
unable to do very much and finally he
| was compelled to take his bed. His
{ illness then commenced to alarm his
family, and then everything was done
to bring him around again. He never
raillied and death finally came to re
lieve him of all suffering at 10 o'clock
on Sunday The cause of
death was owing to a large tumor in
| his stomach. [dition to several of Lewistown’s
| zens, and after over twelve hour's
| liberation the jury awarded a verdict
of only $3,000 less than the sum which
{Judge MeClure in ordering a new trial
| declared was “characteristic of Satur-
"that
the day on which the former case end-
Republi-| ed. The case will probably go to the
Mr. Goodhart the
Why | brother of County Commissioner Geo,
* 1 L. Goodhart, of Centre Hill.
Centre Hall will be the greatest elec- |
tric railroad centre in the state, if all
of the proposed roads ever materialize |
The town |
on the route of the company chartered |
from Bellefonte to Lewistown. Aun-
other talked of is to be Cen-
| tre Hall and Milesburg, while the lat
| est down on paper is for a trolley sys- |
and
Hall, by the new owners of the proper-
ty. The rumor says that next
was injured in September, 1803, and
he sued for a large sum. Ata trial
April, Mr, Goodhart was awarded $31,-
015.64. On motion of the defendant
Judge McClure awarded a new trial.
The present case was begun before
Judge Williamson on Tuesday, and
the greatest interest was taken in it.
{| Prominent medical men from Phila-
i
i
|
evening.
citi-
The deceased was about 66 years old, de-
and leaves to mourn his demise a wife
and five children.
The funeral was held Wednesday af-
| ternoon from his late home in Union-
ville. { day afternoon
Mr. Rich was elected in 1804 to the
verdicts,
Associate Judgeship, on the
can ticket.
supreme court, is
py
Another Proposed’ Road,
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The Last Associate Judge
The death of associate Judge Rich, a
beyond being on paper.
as the last associate judge in this coun-
(ty. With the expiration of Mr. Faulk-
between ner's term, Jan. 1, 1807, there will be
no more associates, this county pow
being a district itself, under
tem between Penn Cave Centre | stitution the associates are abolished
and the president judge will sit on the
bench alone. No one will be
ted to fill Mr. Rich's place.
Judge
spring | appoin-
Such
The
making
work will be begun on the line.
feasible enough.
intend
| resort of the property, and water pow-
i mind 1 i»
{& project I00Ks
new management fn
county's associate judges, and
er is there in abundance to run the dy-
namos for the electric road.
| looks like, can satisfy their curiosity
a | by attending court any time before the
The Hog Campaign. tend of Mr. Faulkner's term, and relic
The season for heavy weight porkers | hunters might get from him his pie
““the last of the Mohicans.”
l it
innesome
juage |
is now on, and we expect to get some
fat returns,
James Durst
ture as
How
the president
is going to he
from below town, on
by kil-
Wp
:
perhaps
Monday opened the campaign The fi
hat
Love will feel like resigning.
$
i ling a wutzy t dressed some ove
100 pounds, t
i y
honest and wicked, we could get along
killed
two of his grunters having a combined
of 545 ne
the other 4658,
Davy Meyer has
te
mn
On Wednesday George Durst
without judges
lf»
dressed weight pounds, Warmed His Dog,
The Nippenose News says the hots
of Frederick
farmer living near
| weighed 477,
8 snorter lying
with which he expects to aston-
the he back
from Charleston.
and barn
| bad Fourth
i south of Nippenose valley, were totally
The
furni-
ie
{ ish natives when gets
destroyed by fire last Thursday.
4
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Now then, send in the weights, and fow
the pork too if you like,
live stock and a articles
| ture were saved. Several years’ crops
lpg {| were stored in the barn and were con-
More Boarders. There
| sumed with the building.
had
husking
little boy,
i
his dog, which lay on the straw stack,
Was
Sheriff Condo has two more county | no insurance. The fire a curious
boarders. On Monday evening police-
Funk, of Philipsburg, brot to
lellefonte and lodged in jail J. 8. Ben-
nett, aged charged with adultery
Constable Cowher, of
Port Matilda on same day brot to pri-
son Harry Frantz, a 15 year old boy
who was arrested near Sandy Ridge
on Sunday for stealing a horse from a
man named Gray, living near Storms-
town.
The mien were
}
nen
origin. corn
man at the barn w a seeing
a match
and unobserved, set fire to the stack to
warm the dog. The fire
trollable from the start, and the efforts
of the men were devoted to saving the
horses. The little fellow succeeded in
in-
32, shivering with cold, secured
and forgery.
Was unoon-
heating up his dog, for the cur ran
{ to the house and was burned up.
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Transfer of Real Estate i No Game,
Catherine I. Curtin to Wm. Colyer |
Oct. 1, 1865, certain tracts of land in |
Potter twp. Consideration $1.
Catherine I. Curtin to Wm. Colyer,
100 acres in Potter twp. for $4054.
' Isaac Smith and wife to Annie Wolf
of Centre Hall, two pieces of ground
un that place for $1000.
Mary Ann Evans and others to Jno,
W. Zettle, of Gregg twp. land in Pot-
ter twp., for $800.
pt
“No game,’’ that's what most of our
| deer hunters report. It can’t well
i otherwise, for the noble deer is hunted
in
son, and to some extent, out of season,
Huuters themselves are to blame, they
give the “fleet-footed’ no chance, and
| it may not be lang until the last deer
| goes down at the crack of the merci
less rifle. Now is the time to let up.
| Deer hunting should be prohibited for
| five years, and thereafter only in each
{even numbered year and then only
Ex-judge A. O. Furst, of Bellefonte, | {wo weeks in November and two
and John D. Dorris, of Huntingdon, | weeks in December.
have formed a partnership in the law |
be
and dogged to extermination SOR
New Law Firm,
SYP SS. SAN
business. Judge Furst will continue
an office at Huntingdon with his part-
ner and go there for consultation when
occasion requires. The firm ia a strong
one, and has our best wishes for suc-
New Telephone Line,
The Home Telephone Company, of
Lewisburg, is now building a line from
Lewisburg to Mifflinburg. When it
is finished a line will be built from
Lewisburg to Milton and from Lewis.
burg to Northumberland and Sunbu-
ry. The company expects to have all
finished by the first of the year,
is pp A ss
Struck Ol at Karthaus.
It is reported with a great deal of ex-
citement that oil had been struck at
Karthaus, which gushed twenty-five
five feet above the top of the derrick.
If the report is true it will give Clear
field county a big boom.
Killed a 3 Prong Buck,
Potter's Mills got some venison. The
Nimrods of that place killed a three
pronged buck this week in the Beven
mountains.
A A ———
Killed only One,
The Gazette was misinformed in
mentioning that a young man of Pot.
ter's Mills had killed three deer in one
i Pomona Grange.
| Centre Co. Pomona Grange, No. 13,
| P. of H., will meet in the hall of Pro-
gress Grange, Tuesday, Nov. 26, at
11080, a. m. Let every subordinate
Grange be fully represented. Officers
for 1896 and 1897 will be elected. By
order of the Master.
Jas, C., Gilliland, See.
bn fA
Arrested for Fast Driving.
On Sunday afternoon constable Har-
ry Swab arrested Frank Cunningham,
for fast driving thro Centre Hall, on a
warrant sworn out by ex-burgess Rei
ter. He was taken before ‘squire Rees
man and on payment of costs was dis
charged,
ABs A APU
Bloomers Collide,
The Clearfield Spirit says an east side
citizen witnessed a bicycle collission
between two bloonser wearers one day
last week, and upon repairing to the
scene after the riders had gone found
over a peck of saw dust scattered
around loose,
Church Dedication,
The new United Evang. church at
Woodward will be dedicated Dee. 1.
A new overcoat will be needed for
this cold weather, you will want to
keep warm, and that can easily be
i
i
i THIEVES BREAK INTO
|
JAIL.
otwithstanding the enor-
mous advance in hides,
and consequent rise in
leather and shoes, we are
selling all our goods at
old prices. * *
| Burglars Get Into Sheriff Condo's Apsrt-
mens,
One hears of thieves breaking out of
| jail but thieves breaking into jail is a
| rarity, and the Centre county jail has
[the premium. Burglars, it is reported,
{ broke into the Bellefonte Jail, and loo-
[ted the apartments of sheriff Condo
(of its valuables, and escaped. This is
ID anticipated the ad-
vance, and filled our
store room and base-
ment with staple foot-
which
leven bolder than when burglars en-
| tered the bed-room of ye editor of this
| paper and took every cent, and
| caped without saying good-by. Is the
millennium near ?
i
Of
wear, cannot
now be bought for less
A py
than 20 per cent, ad-
{ Loeal Jottings of Interest, ha I r Me, A
|
y i 4 vance,
We were in error last week in put-
| ting the age of John H. Musser, dec’'d,
[at 60 years; he was aged 08 years, 6
| months and 13 days.
| In this dry time people are only be-
{ ginning to appreciate the value of hav-
ing plenty of good walter,
| The roads up to this time have been
in fine condition,
Ex-sheriff Spangler has purchased a
corn chopping mill to be used on his
Mingle’s
Shoe Store.
farm.
Several hind quarters of beef will be
taken on subscription, if timely notice
is given.
— Wp
Luzerne's 21 Murder Cases,
There are now confined in the pri-
at Wilkesbarre
derers,
I
fwenty-one mur-
of |
are |
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Its Blanket Weather.
sOn
Four have been convicted
the first degree,
awaiting
| 2
{ mur ir and
nurder in i night and
wooly,
am iss,
ndred in
amiss,
point
1
now sentence, while one, |
Jowman, aged 19 years, has been sen- |
| tenced to death and is awaiting execu- |
Never the
ithe county have so many murderers
al
| tion. before in history of |
| been confined in her prisom at one
wen cont I We are Trying to better
| time, 4 x
; This Business.
i a
| Holiday Here is
List.
Presents a Complete
| Neck Wear, Suit
U Hats,
{| Trunks, Teles pes,
(iol
Satchels
Muffiers
Mackintoshes
(‘uf
iii
Cases,
£
one
atten
Iy & pack-
) i
mbrellas, Foques,
of
gE dress
GARMANS.
‘
i
| Canes, Girls
{ Buttons,
Foot Bal
1 x
{{zloves,
Caps, Caps,
Kid
£ ile IVER,
: (:10Ves, Gloves,
Fur
| suits, Seoteh Boys |
Hosiery, Belts, |
| Sporting Goods, Bilk and Linen Hand- |
f Hose, |
is,
8, Boys’,
Ready Made |
We Are Opening
the Naw Goods.
}
Underwear,
al Br
Lhese are
rehiascs and
i novelilies
We
Buy
always
kerchi RBweaters, Bicycle
House Coats, Overcoats, Men
{ and Children’s Clothing ny
and Made to Order,
i MONTGOMERY
& Co.
a
| Although all lines of clothing and
i
dry
Why We Sell The
best Gloves.
well
advanced in
Lyon &
f the
is have
OHH
oH prices, :
¢
i
{ Belle-
fact. In |
reduc-
goods,
the customers o
fonte never are aware «
0. goods
lis. Poor
vite versa
make the best dry
u ever knew, and part
ing the right gloves
sARMANS,
{the face of the advance a big
dry
their
list on page five. .
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Something New in Corsets
the e for the celebrated
AMERICAN LADY AND MODEL FORM CORSETS.
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SOIC agency in Bellefont
of
The
the figure of any lady who will constantly wear this Corset.
manufacturers
these Corsets guarantee to improve
THEY ARE UNSURPASSED FOR BEAUTY.
And their wear well qualities are excellent.
OF
a.
Prices very reasonable, £5.00 and $1
cTesessee
Away beyond our expectations has been our success on the
Special Overcoat Sale.
Over 100 were sold during the first three days of our sale,
Purchasers were all pleased with their bargains.
We Are Selling The Very Best Overcoats.....
At 50 Cents on the Dollar! .
The assortment is large and we will save you five dollars
on your overcoat purchase.
LIMITED.
day—it was only one little one.
done by making your purchases at
Bellefonte. He has every:
Bellefonte,