YOL. L.XX.
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
THE JANUARY TERM NOW IN SES-
SION,
List of Unimportant
~The
The Commonwealth
Kind Beyond Those Interested.
Civil Cases Disposed of
Court called at 9.30 a. m. on Monday |
with Hon. John G. President |
Judge, on the bench. |
Love,
The greater part of the session was
taken up in hearing petitions and mo
tions presented by different
of the bar.
The list of grand jurors called, and]
members |
jury sworn, and retired to pass on the |
ditlerent bills of indictment that will
be laid before them by the District At-|
torney, Hayes Shenck, Justice the
Peace, of Howard boro, foreman.
diflerent
oughs and townships of the cpuuty |
of
The constables of the bor-
then made their quarterly returns,
List of traverse jurors
thirty-vine answered to their
called and |
names, |
List of civil cases down for trial for |
this week was then gone over, and cas
es for actual trial ase riained.
Court adjourned at 11.30
DISPOSITION OF CIVIL CASES,
Richard Bowen;|
of the
Fisher & Co. vs,
judgment taken in
tiff, for $86 74
Centre County Banking Co. vs, H
M. Wm, Wit
mer, terre tenant; continued.
favor plain
Meek, defendant, and
Samuel Gramley, executor of ete. of
Sarah Shaffer, Jacob B.
Hazel: continued, at the cost of the de-
fendant.
J. Comel & Co, vs.
settled.
Abe Funk and B. J.
ing as Funk & Emertine vs, Cel
settled,
de Cease d. ve,
Celia Ratowsky;
Emertine, trad-
in
towsky;
Harry Ritzinger and Joseph Zeule
uke, &
vs. Celina Ratowsky; settled.
J.
tled.
ruding as Ritzinger Zeuleuke
Cohen vs. Celia Ratowsky;
AFTERNOON S¢
. v8. Albert Evart
tery; prosecutrix, Eva Ev:
Com
ant plead guilty
vx, Roland Confer,
ta Zeigler; de-
Com
trayal; prosecutrix, Ber
fendant renewed his recognizance
April *ENKIONS
Huey;
x Lucey Hampton;
Com. vs, Frank
utri
traval; prosec
fendant
April SPR iOS,
G. P.
prosecutor Tobias Klinefelter;
renewed his ree
pres [He
guizan
: - ! ror iil 1
Carrel; charge libel
sett bed
Com. vs,
Ellis L. Orvis, executor of ete., of
John H A.
erhoff, administrator of ete., of
Orvis, deceased, vs Brock
Rose
A. Med ‘arty; verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $1487 50,
Francis M. Atherton, use of Thom-
F. Alexander
and James W. Alexander, administra.
tors of ete, of C. T. Alexander, dec'd,
James W. Alexander, H. C. Yarring-
ton and Robert
law, and Margaret F. Alexauder, wid-
ow of C. T.
fendants, and Robert
as Meyer ve, Margaret
Yarrington, heirs at
Alexander, deceased, de-
in favor of the plaintiff for $1364 13
W. H. Williams aud Jennie B. Wil-
liams, administrators of ete., of Aaron
Williams, deceased va. Jacob Mattern,
David Mattern, Miles Mattern, J.
Linn Mattern and Mary M. Mattern,
administrators of ete.
tern, deceased; verdict in favor of the]
plaintifls for $8720.99 and an attorney's
commission of $210,
Henrietta Kline vs, the Overseer of
brought to recover for eighteen weeks |
board of Irvin Kline, plaintift’s son, |
and eight weeks board for his wife, at |
the rate of $1 50 per week, amounting |
ship; and the Overseers of the Poor al- |
lege that they had provided a place for |
these people at a Mrs. Heatons, in|
Boggs township, whereas the plaintiff |
lives in Spring township; verdict on
Tuesday morning in favor of the de
fendant.
Com. vs. Wm, Beott, charge larceny;
prosecutor, C. A. Davis; for takinga
childs wateh, valued at about $2.00;
defendant plead guilty,
TUESDAY MORNING.
Com. va. John Casher, charge be-
trayal; prosecutrix Margaret Cahill;
defendant plead guilty and was sen-
tenced to pay a tine of one dollar, costs
of prosecution and to pay to the prose-
cutrix the sum of $40.00, the child be-
ing dead.
Samuel Alters, use of Jacob Ketner
vs. John Stoner and Emanuel Eisen-
buth; action brought to recover for
timber sold to the defendants and for
hauling telephone poles and props for
John Btoner; verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $67 06.
Com. va. Harry Switzer, indicted on
three charges; first count assault and
battery, second count aggravated as-
sault aud battery, third count felonous
x %
vi Fye; the facts in this case are about
as given in this paper in the first issue
in January.
- a —
Facts About the Lest Election,
In the recent
the results were
election
that
some able statesmen have questioned
Presidential
so paradoxical
the fairness and honesty of the returns.
bey claim that nothing but whole-
sale beibery and fraud ean account for
the figures furnished by the returning
It is no great surprise to any
de-
have
ryan was
No other
been reasonably exp wwled when all the
the
feated result could
fuels attending nomination and
are taken
consideration. That he should
vistes in
the presence of such impediments to
success is phenomenal, There is
Ho
parallel to be found in this republic !
oq 3 , 3 3
Ihe grounds of stispicion that fraud
and fair count roake McKinley Presi-
dent for four years is disclosed by an
I'he evidence is circumstantial, Ifa
1 f
person on trial for murder was con-
incidents pointing to his gui't hii
t would require the el
v
iter,
=
or a vorhees to
doubt
the |
he ha
be
| a= it may be hat would
of a Jury,
Senator
Allen, of Neb, has introduc
the a
thorough investigation
to what legislation, if
fraud
It is
Committee |
is necessary to eliminate
lections,
tlre ¢
boroughly investigate the ex-|
t to which money was used, if any, |
nominations
and
or
in-|
8 al the l
{ ini}
vO i=
i expen i
ines,
old manufacturers, |
corporations and
contri-|
pet
oad,
number of citi
lasses, made
were made by
residing abr
ai
thal
18
SUCH An investi
had, and that
Ameri
{ Lo the
A peo
honest the
ble and present coined
difficult to ree
oncile,
How was it those states which were |
warded as doubtful without an exes jr
give such large votes
es come from? There was
ff in tl
1e
Bryan vote, but |
McKin
Ohio carried by |
f 1,
mor
hi , |
For instance, wns
Se YY A
Ohio
I J rity ©
got
Harrison,
McKinley
Bryan in 69 00
LE
and yet
a larger msjority
or
¥
is given to Me-|
Kinley.
y |
Cleveland earried Illinois in 18621
wis beaten by
Was
1892
McKinley, T of Tilinois
ee vile
in 1896 than in
in the |
i
four years 100,000 and Kentucky 100,.-
Could this increased vole be account-
The states where the immigration was
really the largest show the least gain
in their votes in the past four years,
This might be regarded as accident-
states; but where the same is univer«al
in every state considered doubtful, it
requires a great stretch of credulity to
believe that all was fair, honest and
honorable. To ascertain the facts, the
whys and wherefores is worth all it
will cost. Let the investigation pro-
ceed ?
asp fp stp
A Care for Lame Back.
“My daughter, when recovering
from an attack of fever, was a great
sufferer frora pain in the back and
hips,” writes London Grover, of Har
dis, Ky. “After using quite a num-
ber of remedies without any benefit
she tried one bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, and it has given entire re.
lief.” Chamberlain's Pain Balm is al-
#0 a certain cure for rheumatism.
Bold by R. E. Bartholomew, Centre
Hall, J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, 8. M,
Swartz, Tusseyville, and Wm. Pealer,
Bpring Mills,
# —You certainly need a new equip-
ment of underwear or a good dress
suit. Call at Lewins, Bellefonte, and
you will appreciate what he has in
that line.
ha A MA
THK STATE'S FINANCES,
Something Will Suffer for Lack
printions,
i
of Appro.
In speaking of the low ebb of the
state finances the Harrisburg Patriot,
in an article on the subject has this to
say:
thorizing public expenditures for the
next two fiscal years it will bankrupt
reduc-
the
institutions
the
support to keep within the limits of
the state treasury. A general
tion will have to be made in
the
upon
ap-
propriations to de-
state for
pendent entirely
the revenues, To begin with the ap-
propriation of £5 500,000 a year to the
bes
two,
scale d
If it
many of the semi state and pri-
ols will have to
publie me
down at least a million or
is nog,
vite charities will be eut off without a
cent
The quest
important that confronts tl
(OO) Hinance is
makers, Two vears ago
Hastings found it necessary
4 11
le sisiaure caii-
lier
public
1
Specinl message to the
the ind
Lil 1h
of
that time a movement
ing a halt on iminate ap-
Alt
started to
propriation noneys,
Wis
reduce the appropr ination to the Pp 1bhlie
al the start
House
0 oppose such a
schools, It was checked
by 125 members of the
RIgDIDgE
an agreement t reduce
tion. Unless immediate ad
K ure
state revenues there
for the ove
penitentiari
legislati
rerowded
increasing
taxation the ney would not become
} i fr i
» Lhe beginning of next |
The State Treasurer
Dh
f
generat |
report of e
Hay -
is
of ember showed
1
10
a balence in the und of 83.
124.829 Against this the
Moneys ow-
hool disirieis, hospitals, pen-
in personal property
sk of
T He revent
it mated,
is ost
were durin
ney amounted in round Ogun
O00, 000 OF this nearly S1LUBOY) wa
“
ferived Ly the eollection of taxes due
the stale by the delinquent
Some of these concerns Were
baek several vears in their taxes and
the state will not have this resource to
One or two renedies wi goats i to re-
i x $y + x 3 §i
eve this unfay wile condition is to
al
he tax
of d HuesLic insurance Companies,
Wl
Philadelphia's Biggest Fire,
On Taesday morning Philadelphia
had the largest fire in its history, It
the
lis
broke out in a grocery in seciion
big slore,
In all about 28 buildings were burned,
Wanamaker's building took fire but
the flames were arrested before it had
gained
stock of goods was damaged by smoke
and water, His will
$100,000,
much headway ; the entire
joas be about
The total loss will be upwards of
three million dollars,
i Ml
What an Illinois Judge Has Done,
An Illinois judge has cut down al
doctor's bill from $2,050 to $849. The |
judge said that there was no means of |
measuring acurately the value of a
physician's services, but he thought |
$100 a day ought to be enough, as emi-
nent lawyers could be obtaiued at that
rate, The physician whose claim was
subjected to such a liberal reduction |
had charged $2,000 for eight day's at-|
tendance upon his patient, that time
being consumed in traveling with her
ina private car (0 a health resort.
There was no surgical. attendance or
operation, and the judge said $100 per
day was enough, The court might
have added as one reason for cutting
down the claim that the doctor did
not save the unfortunate woman, and
that she might have died much less
expensively. The doctor who sent
stich a heavy bill to his deceased pa-
tient's executors was acting upon the
advice, “Physician, heel yourself !
—When you ean buy good qualities
at the same prices others ask for shod-
dy clothing, you will be quick to take
advantage of the opportunity, Lew-
CAPITOL NEWS.
MORGAN NOT FRIENDLY TO THE
ARBITRATION TREATY
Representative Grosvenor stated on the
Floor of the House that He was not
McKinley's Representative,
9
WasHiNGToN, Jan, 25. —Benator
Gray, of Delaware, will this week pre-
f
Of
Mr.
who was last week elected
sent the credentials Kenney,
Senator by
the legislature, and whose credentials
are properly certified by the governot
A hard fight
be made by the Republicans to keep
of that state, Is going to
Mr, Kenney out of hisseat, Inasmuch
as Mr. Kenney, who is a &
erat, will receive the Sun
sliver
Hey
wii
Senators, it is ex pected
idbiicans will devote
¥ oft
+ 4th of Maieh,
stronger in the Senate,
“Little Bille”
A Vole
when
handler’
reopening the Dupont application will
abandoned |
the Republi
Lit, and that
sraibaien oof #3sea
tCnuse of the rel
the
aire, Addi ks,
y Lhe
instead cinim
e gas milli which
has already hu
iv {
en presented to
handler, hie is alwavs aro
when anvthing dirty
needed
in the polit
Senator
Tarni i 3
ator 1 Irpie Calle i up the
i Cuban resolution and made ¢
chi thereon, in which he made
while I was just as
sirong inde
i
i
he pendence
ly in favor of t
Was even mors
iid
inde pende it
ion which wo
y Jel a Dat in
Nicaragua canal,
if 4 avi t}
if the arbitration
ir
® ¥
, by elting up a
Us Canal
Over
then referring it to
the fil
$
a
arvitration, wit
the certainty that K ng Oscar. of Swe |
den, would name an am
decide
M
§
pire who would
in E favor, 8
it,
to help the arbitration
igland’s
niator
srgan is Dehting mevd about and
that is'nt going
realy any,
Miss Maude Stalnaker, a young la-
dy of Washington, D. C..
ly an applicant for
the
passed the most dill
Was recent
a position under
ivil Service Rules, and probably
1H «“xXamination
that has ever been prepared by the
Civil Service Commission, She was
the only one who was able to pass the |
examination, but the War department |
refuses to appoint her to the vacant |
clerkship on the ground that she is a
The examination required |
translation into English of Technical |
Military Works in French, German, |
woman.
of these languages: and ability to do |
ing and of the English language and
literary composition. The salary of |
Bome very interesting, although
by which President Cleveland shut
ence, thus depriving himself of infor.
mation be should have bad about leg-
islation asked for by the people who
are directly represented by the fmem-
bers of the House, preceded the pass
age by the House, over the President's
veto, of the bill providing for the es-
tablisheent of a new division of the
Eastern judicial district of Texas.
Representative Cooper told the House
of several trips he made to the White
House for the purpose of explaining to
Mr. Cleveland why his constituesis
wanted this legislation, and of his #-
nally being told by private secretary
Thurber that it was useless for him to
continue his efforts to see the Presi.
dent, because he had already made up
his mind to veto the bill, Tt is believ-
ed that the Senate will indorse this ace
tion of the House. :
Representative Grosvenor, of
| has alarmed those who are interested
MeKin-
could
i of the House that he was not
ley’s and
speak for him,
representative
is feared that his mental faculties are
getting disordered,
-
.
For Better Roads
of Westmoreland,
make another effort this winter to
He in-
troduced two bills Tuesday, one provi-
Benator
1
iH
frown,
wi
secure better road legislation,
ding for the appropriation of $1,000,000
to the different townships to be divi
ded according to the number of miles
of roadways in each. The supervisors
f
0
are directed to meastre the number
oath to ti
Hitherto ths
* farmers that they would
taxed hi
1
miles and certify under
i
County commissioners,
bs
is prevented a good
In
xt 4
ollice for
road law from being the see
passed,
cond bill the term of ruper-
Visors is placed at three years and the
pay atl 32 per day for each day of actual
sworn service. The supervisors
rected Lo buy necessary | 0
0 K« ep
ie condition,
ehinery and hire
i
roads in the best Pos
-
| changes
offi
extraordinary cases,
the medical div sion of
Lthout Aaving
fh
board of revi
Conny
Peter Walisa,
a.
Notes Condensed
1 old resident of
f
ni
fave
aay ol
in
bert Miller
Motz mill at Wood
day of | Vers, wired
ng a widow
ant
and three
him. He
former
Vive was
Miller, a well-known
in this valley
The new
Haines
creamery near
Wnehip, Is now in rasning
I Stover, manager.
Makes War on Bears
put
ng
An exchange
fast
d the
aby of Edward Baum. of
I'wenty years Thanksgi
dav a bear kill tliree vear old
Ridgeway.
Every Thanksgiving dav sinke that
time Baum has shouldered his gun,
the woods and has never re.
g
grave of
gone into
turned without bringi with him
dead
kill
This
never
once broke his vow. Sometimes he has
dead bear. Over the his
Baum swore that he would
baby,
a bear each Thanksgiving day.
was twenly vears ago and he
mountiin and
fifty miles from |
his home, but found the bear and kill- |
ed it.
had to go far into the
edt on
After the Job.
The term of State Buperintendent of |
Poblie Instruction, N. C, Shaffer, ex- |
pires next June, and already a num-
ber of applicants are looking after the
job, among the most prominent being |
Dr. T. B. Noss, of the California, Pa., |
Stste Normal School. Bupt. Shafier |
was appointed by Gov. Pattison, and.
many of the leading educators of the
state would like to see him re-sppoint-
ed.
ty
Duateh Way of Collecting Taxes,
The dutch bave a delightfully origi-
nal way of collecting their taxes. If,
after due notice has been given, the
money is not sent, the authorities
place one or two hungry militiamen
in the house, to be lodged and main-
tained at the expanse of the defaulter
until the amount of the tax is paid.
One Way to be Mappy.
Is to attend to the comfort of your
family. Should one catch a slight
cold or cough, cali on R'E. Bartholo-
mew, Centre Hall, and G. H. Long,
Spring Mills, and get a trial bottle of
Otto's Cure, the great German Reme-
dy free. We give it away to prove
that we have a sure cure for C
Colds, Asthma, Constipation, and all |
of the throat apd Lungs.
i IMMERSED IN ICY STREAM,
Bix Enthusiastic Converts Baptized in Zero
Wenther
With the thermometer shivering be-
| low zero, six people were imn
of
Milesburg, on Bunday after:
1
the iy walers sprig Creck,
F166
i.
Hnmersions were the result
and ent religiou
ducted by Rev, Hipple
al chureh,
husiastic
were sprinkled prio
The immers
Ow 3
along the shor
it
to enable
iarge 1
Praises,
fergs
converts oo react
the member
tors éenthusis
ere
We les
there is less than the
{ cases of sickness in thi
Ave
O
py
A Political Trick
It was surely a mean pol
to Cire e the report that tl
ative Hall
, Just when the
do Legis] was
icy i
new
bers were beginning to « njoy
ceedings, too.
ss Mp ly
Not So Thirsty,
There are only five applicants for li-
Are
thirsty or is it simply a greater monop-
oly for the lucky ones?
alii ilimissio—
SCHOOL REVORTY
Report of Flisher’s Gap school, Pot.
Jan. 18, 1867: Number of pupils en-
rolled, male 22, female 28, total 50; per
cent. of sttendance during month,
male 92, female 90, total 91. Those
present every day, Fred H. Rover,
3ruce Resner, Samuel Klinefelter,
George Nevel, Ella Royer, Virgie
Kritzer, Lizzie Klinefelter, Irene Hes
per. Those absent one day, Foster
Ripka, Elmer Miller, Rufus Bedelyon,
Grover C. Resner, Florence P. Kritzer,
Carrie Ripka, Ilda Mesmer. Virgie
K#itzer bas not been absent one day
during the term.
SONA M. KruMRINE, Teacher,
iin
The progressive ladies of Westfield,
Ind, issued 8a “Woman's Edition” of
the Westfield News, bearing date of
April 3, 1886. The paper is filled with
matter of interest to women, snd we
notice the following from a correspond-
ent, which the editors printed, realiz
ing that it treats upon a matter vie
tal importance to their sex: “The