THE CENTRE REPORTER.
CeNTRE HALL, PA., THURS. Jan, 28.
THE NEW RACKET
No. 9-11 Crider's Exchange, Bellefonte,
We Are Down a Peg
In this column, but
Are Up a Dozen Pegs
Above some stores in this town that
make big pretentions. If you have
any doubt of this Kom and C how
it is yourself. A glimpse will con-
vince U
Our Eleventh Semi-Annual
Clearance Sale Is Now in Progress
And special bargains placed on
our counters every day.
The New Racket is a Moder
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partment Store.
by jerks and spurts, but isa good
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store every day in the
G. R. "TGELMYER,
SHEM SPIGELMYER, Jr.
Bellefonte, Pa.
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ALEXANDER KERR,
Died on Taesday Morning After a Linger.
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ing Iliness, |
On Tuesday morning at three o'clock |
Alexander Kerr, one of Centre Coun- |
ty’s oldest and most highly respected |
citizens, peacefully breathed his last, |
at his home near Centre Hill, surround- |
ed by his children,
Mr. Kerr had been
and quite feeble for several years, ow-
ing principally to his extreme old age,
and for the past six or eight months
has been confined to his bed, but dur-
ing all this time
cared for by his children.
His wife, whose maiden
Mary Love, died
ago. He was the father of three
dren, all living; David 1. Kerr,
has made his home with his father for
the past three years, caring for him in
his old age; William Kerr, living on
one of his father's farms near Centre
Hill, and Mrs, Mary J. Odenkirk, liv-
ing in Centre Hall.
The father of Alexander
William teacher
surveyor, who came to Penn's valley
in 1789, He was a native of Ireland,
and emigrated first to Carlisle, Pa.
He was the first clerk of the county,
from 1800-8,
in poor health |
was most tenderly
Name was
twenty-two years
chil-
who
Kerr, was
Kerr, a school and
and was
deputy-surveyor of the county from
1800-21.
commissioner
He was county commission.
In 1804 he was appointed
He died April
His son, Alexander, who
fer in 1828,
| justice of the peace.
{ 28, 1841,
now lying a corpse, succeeded him as
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a surveyor, and won the reputation ns
having been one of the best in Centre
county.
KNIT SACKS.
le Woolen
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Under
asimere
TORCHON LACES.
Season NOW.
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ISSOTriinen,
. T. MEYER,
Bush Arcads
Two doors fr
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in Illinois.
Daniel Geiss writes to
David, of this place, that he sold his
Farm Frices
¢
to ti
Li
ler recent ly wrote
or
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our west.
farms in Illinois are bringing from $80
to $100 dollars, We
ern friends if they want
to Kk
advise
cheap farms,
come bac
Once it
go
was,
homes ;
vania is the place
$s fi
Good farms can be purchased in Cen-
fo
tre county for $50 per acre, and some
for less.
same farms sold at from $75 to $100 per
Twenty-five years ago these
acre.
eem—— been
An Explosion of Coal Dust.
Four men were seriously bmned in
the Ramey shaft of the Berwind-White
Coal Mining Company Saturday
night by an explosion of coal dust fol-
lowing a blaze made by dynamite. An
investigation by Mine Inspector Knap-
per showed that the dust was ignited
by the blaze. This is an unusual ac-
cident for the soft coal regions.
on
filma
Here's a Bargain.
I will sell my fine driving horse,
years old, new delivery wagon, set of
buggy harness, set of express harness,
and top buggy all for $200. Every-
thing new and in first-class condition.
Reasons for selling, Address
W. W. Boos,
~~ Centre Hall, Pa.
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Howard Homan, of this place, is ne-
gotiating for the purchase of about 30
acres of land, part of Wm. K. Alexan-
der’s farm near Linden Hall. He will
erect a house and stable on his pur-
chase, and occupy the premises. All
Wry to see Howard leave here,
nmsisisomsivs fs Mo
Communion gervices,
Dr. Mathers, of Bellwood, will hold
communion services in the Presby-
terian church at Spring Mills on SBun-
day the 26th, at 10.30 a. m., and at
Centre Hall at 2.30 p. m. Preparato-
ry service Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock.
Will Parchase Land,
New P. M. at Penn Hall,
frank M. Fisher has been appointed
post-master at Penn Hall, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of his
father, Maj. J. B. Fisher. The ap-
pointment is a good one and will rei-
der general satisfaction.
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Alexander Kerr of
| noblest works, an honest man.
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was me
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{ rity of character, a useful citizen
| kind neighbor, a Christian and devot
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{ed member of the Presbyterian church
{and liberal in 1
provement for the general good found
dec }. He
| a staunch, unwavering, life-long Ds
We
mourn the departure
and
its support;
SANE Wis
i a supporter in the
ocrat. knew him long and well
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teemed friend patro
all his lif icinity
i fe in the vicinity
| place.
A
of his death was
21 da The
funeral will take place tomorrow, Fri
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His age at the time
{ 91 years, 2 months and y
at - ¥ 4
Inte resiqaencs al ten
day, from his
r i
: ng
o'clock in the morni
held at the house,
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Servic
ected
will be
Hill.
Rev.
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Interment
id re
n the cemetery at Cent
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Great Scheme for Church Building
Dr. J. L. G. Mey: Mills
{is the promulgator
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of a
which he proposes Lo «
rol be
‘ §
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Monument
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i a grand chu
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aptist Nationa
is pian is to build a ch
| stone, every National, State
contribute
| ty officer to
| their name engraven
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with Congress and
begun
many Senators and members are so
$1
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{ taken with the idea that
taken two or more blocks of
their names
{It is hardly pe
i church will be
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{ alone unless the pl
op
Death of Mary Emmerich
Miss Mary Eme
17, near Farmers
rich died on January
Miils,
7 months and 16 days.
19, the
She was the only surviving sister
' 5
fo ve
aged i FR
Burial on the
at 10 a. m., at Union church.
| William Emmerich, of near Centre Hall.
1 pv
Her
| The services were conducted by
| pastor, Rev. Rearick.
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Only a Few
enough for good sleighing, yet one or
two, who wanted a trip on runners,
of not
and not caring to run the risk
tf
i
having any more snow, ventured o
and braved the bumps over stones and
rough ground.
ly, but it was sleighing all
It didn’t go so smooth-
the same
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Preparing the Statement
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The county auditors have been en-
over the accounts of the county offi-
cers. The statement will show a good
housekeeping and will be presented to
the public on or about the first week
in February.
Lutheran Services.
All of Rev. Rearick’s appointments
for next Sabbath have been recalled as
he has been appointed to assist in the
installation of Rev. Mumma on next
Sunday. The following Sabbath his
services will be held in regular order,
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The Editorial Excursion,
The national editorial excursion to
Florida is having a delightful time:
we hear from the excursionists about
every other day. Mr. Al Garman
represents the Centre Hall Reporter
and will have the grandest time of his
life.
ali sothcscon
At Sheriff Sale Prices
All goods formerly in the Philadel
phia Branch store, clothing to suit
men and boys of all ages and sizes, at
sacrifice prices, a big supply and must
be sold. Now for real bargains,
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File Certificates,
Janud®y 31, is the last day for filing
certificates of nomination for the Feb-
ruary election with the county ecom-
—fSubscribe for the BEPORTER.
Have We Gold Mines About Us ?
Centre county might even turn up
to have yellow stuf!’ far more valuable
than the deceptive, yellow iron pirates
80 commonly found in our rocks,
porphery
rock sets at naught the theories of ge-
The discovery of gold in
ologists and proves that precious min-
@N,
mistaken,
after
Geologists are often
a careful inspection of the land near
HORSE THIEVES AT WORK,
Evidently a Gang Operating in Union Coun.
ty. Two Horses Stolen,
On Tuesday night of last week a val-
uable black mare was stolen from the
stable of John A. living near
West Milton. The thief took along
a halter and riding bridle, There
the direc-
Keiser,
is
no elue whatever to indicate
tion taken by the thief, The horse is
described as being about nine years
| Karthaus, Clearfield county, declared
that, while there was coal beneath the
surface of that land, the
small that it would
it. Aft the
company
vein
pay
lerwind
was
to work
White
80
not
present
the
knows but
be hidden
waiting for
it to
excellent coal from
Who
may
tons of most
Karthaus region,
that
among the hills of Centre,
to
gold or silver
some patient explore: bring
light ?
Trad
of
west brow
ition it the Indians
the north-
that
in
that
mine
of Egg Hill ;
injun knew of a gold
I
never reveal the Bpols Ww here
stufl We
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Nas
knew a gold on
also an
mine Sugar
1e red-skin cusses would
the
¢
valley ,—but 1
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viel
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low WAS, wouldn't care a
pineh of snuffif » never was found
a pound of con valley only
found lots og
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Hebersburg Farmers’ Institute,
I'he |
armers’
Union County Deaths,
Mifflint
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of
In
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In Ha
| beth M’( lay,
in
beth Walter,
In S¢
ig, } =amuel B
an.
DE, sped Years,
Jan
fo years,
10,
BN
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riieton,
Eli
and 4 m.
Miss
widow 2
aged
Centrevill Fliza-
ge, Jan.
aged about 72 years,
Fou
Mifflinbur;
13 Jan., Bam’l
d
ranton,
aged 67 vears ; buried at
In Centrevi
Ty
ices to be Filled.
At
tary 18t
4
is
Feb
7
dion y De held on ru-
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the borough will elect two
| Inspectors, judge of election, two school
directors, two councilmen, s
ithe peace, overseer of poor, constable,
auditor and treasurer.
are important ones, and good
should be selected to fill them.
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Democratic Cancus,
The Democrats of the borough will
hold their caucus in Harper & Krea-
mer’s hall, on Saturday evening next,
Z5th, to nominate a ticket for the elec-
tion to be held Tuesday, February !8,
It is requested that all Democrats turn
the
out, and voice their sentiments at
| caucus,
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Sheriff Sale
Don’t miss the bargains in ready
made clothing, at the Philadelphia
Branch, on account of sheriff sale,
a full Hine for men and boys, wiil be
sold at once at great sacrifice,
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Hauling lee.
Many ice houses have been filled
lately with ice from four to eight inch-
es in thickness, It is gathered from
ponds about the town and is clear and
solid.
Clothing at Prices
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Sent to State College.
The Pennsylvania exhibit of birde
and animals at the Atlanta exposition
will be loaned by the board of public
grounds and buildings to the State
{ old, weight near 1200 pounds, sixteen
A
reward
| of £10 is offered for the recover
of the
horse, and £15.00 for any information
the thief,
stranger
{and one half hands high,
wv
y
it
{leading to the conviction of
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{stopped with J. B, Winkleblech, who |
| with his father-in-law, J. Kostenbader,
{ live several miles north of Lewisburg.
Win- |
He
BEV ral i
buy a horse and inquired of Mr.
{ kleblech his be
called
{ neighboring farmers,
about st horses,
drove away and on
coming down to |
telling the
This was the
About 6.50 Mr. Win-
ech discovered a horse in the road |
the Blifer farm and same
story to Harry Stahl
1 4
FiAsy
kleb
Neal
geen of nim.
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Lue the
{driven by
Liere |
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* You
156% Ale
A Big Reduction
for the poor of
has been « pen i and,
hus | } it
those vy
Hes ious poor district
consented
. of the poor in that
fagen
rediuction of
Wit
Anniversary Supper
twenty.
tering of
served in
IMT
were
1¢ original charter
Henry Sankey,
D. B.
iy LWo remain,
{of Potters Mills,
Centre Hall.
{ bers on
and
Wp.
teducing Expenses,
i expenses on our line, and is
train, and wking a brakeman off the
crew,
The section foremen have only |
enough men to patrol the track, and |
few repairs will be made until spring. |
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Great Ran of Coal
The Bald Eagle Valley railroad had |
a greater run of coal last week than |
any previous week in its history. The
entire number of cars that came east-
ward was 2,758--2668 loaded and 70
empty cars, whieh number is 105
more cars than the largest previously
reported.
cto inicio
GOOD FARM LAND FOR SALE,
A tract of 35 acres in excellent state
of cultivation with fruit trees thereon,
} mile east of Centre Hall station, is
offered for sale in any quantities to
suit purchasers. Apply to Fred Kurtz,
Centre Hall. tf.
et ED (i Te
Clothing at Sacrifices Prices,
A full supply of men’s and boys’ ¢lo-
thing st sacrifiec prices, on account of
sherif”s sale, at the old Philadelphia
Branch. Never a chance iike it for
bargains in or out of Bellefonte, like al
missioners,
College.
the old Lewis stand.
COUNTY NEWS,
Clippad and Condensed for our Readers.
M. Corman has purchased the farm
of Faq. Bhaffer, near Zion,
Gientzel & by think of putting a 25
at
horse-power into their chop mill
Zion.
Sherift Condo has eleven boarders, all
good eaters and not go good in other
respects,
A child of H, O. Fiedler, of
twp., fell against a hot
Haines
and
stove
re-
PRACTICAL PRE
Kitt
Can PE
SENTS,
ble gifts for any member of
i roung or old, Glance
sted list:
Slippers
slippers
ceived some serious burns,
Ira C. Mitchell has put 8 neat con-
J.J. Over our abbrevis
Giramley, some time ago seri
his
about
Zn
He
The
ea - we $1 00
Fine Leather Slippers, from We wo 81 75
rpet Blippers ae
Laie
Pers
Ladies’ Carpet
ios
an upset caused by
ible to
are pleased to say,
of John Hoffer
Bellefonte,
i : yeivel
team, 1s De
af
We
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WIA OW quite vot Blin
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r home i
sday
Ammon Gramley died
it
11 BL he
of a son of tation Alligator Leather...
his home Russia Leather
near Hublersburg, fre imonia.
A fey
Hac
Mi
Overgaller from 2
come above Lhe knee
: i rein
4 ‘ gxin
night team of Robert
¥
off’
i
cenburg t and ran at
y
or
ng ~
wWreckl his
than a pair of
overgaiters,
or
Ia {
Mingle's Shoe Store, - Bellefonte,
oreat Before Stock ~~
Taking Sale !
room
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GARMAN’S STORE.
| BELLEFONTE, PENN.
THE GLOBE.
BEER w
BOW UR UENO
DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY
MID - WINTER CLEANING
SALE !
Now is the Time,
we of
vd Winter Goods must be mov-
Now is Your Opportunity,
» 10 rive fo our
way
Cost or value not con-
Now You Can Buy
In our Novelty Dress Goods we have cut the price just in half,
ving vou the choicest and best goods in the market at 50 cents on the
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dollar.
All Woolen Hosiery and Gloves! All Coats formerly sold at $12,
one-third off regular now go at 87.50,
All £10 Coats now at $6.
All 87.50 Coats now go at $4.
| Choice of any Child's Coat | in
‘the house now at $2. There are
gome ®8 snd £10 Coats now in this
lot.
We have about 180 Ov on
| hand yet. We will guaran to
{discount any prices named to you
{in any other store, at least 20 per
{cent. If you need an Uvercoat
| come”and see us before you bry,
prices.
Table Linens and Napkins ove-|
third off regular prices.
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Ladies’ and Misses
Coats and Wraps.
All Coats that were sold at 815
to $25, all now go at §10.
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KATZ & CO
LIMITED.