NX VOL. LXXI. EI LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. THE SECOND WEEK OF COURT IN SESSION. Several Interesting Civil Cases Tried Cases Settled and Continued Until the Next Term. Monday with Hon. Court convened on ing at nine o'clock, Considerable time was ed by the several members of the The list jurors and absentees noted. of was then turns to sundry writs on Wednesday afternoon. J. B. Ard and P. F. Pine Grove Water Company; guilty; continued. Lillie E. Essington vs. Mary M. leau; plea not guilty; continued. Mary V. Hale and Ellen H. Andrews vs, the Central R. R. Penna.; plea not guilty; continued. Delores R. De Cassanova, vs, Harry Keller, administration of | ete, of Emila C. DeVilaverde. Ver- | diet in favor of the plaintiff for $10,- 000 with interest from July 1, 1898, Henry Fryer, use of John Hoffa, Jr. | The Iron City Mutual Fire Insur- | ance Company of Pittsburg, Pa. This | suit was brought to recover on a poli- ey of insurance against fire placed on the house and personal property of the plaintiff, at Coburn, Pa., by the de- fendant company, property as aforesaid insured totally stroyed by fire day of August, after time Mr. Fryer assigned the procee is of his pol- iey to Mr. Hoffa for a valuable consid- eration. Verdict in favor of the plain- | tiff for $751.9 The Ce nia, to use of Eli Anna Gentzel vs, and Ivy W. of John Hettinger, Pealer and F. W, Settled. WwW. E. Bottorf va. The plea not Boi- Co. of guardian up- which 80 | de- ¢ Was the which on 2th 1896, Pennsylva- Weaver and Bartges ¥ Res $ i ynmonwealth of zabeth Charles C. 1LOors of, el and Wm. sureties, Bartges, exect in lunacy, Heckman, Delmage, now for the use of W. H. A. M. MeClain Isaac Thomas, partners, trading M. McClain & Co. Continued, Mrs. A. R. Long vs. Cyrus Gordon; continued at ¢ laintifl. Margaret . Brockerhofl drew Brockerhoff, ete., of Henry line A. tors of the John H. ( assum psit. and A. tack vv MACK VV, as wis Of P An- of ‘Aro- and administrators jrockerhoftl vs, ( and E. LIL. Orvis t will testament Orvis , execu- of las and yrvis, deceased, summons in This case grows out of the the Wm. Stump township, sherifl’s sale of farm, in Potter sides of the Bellefonte and manstown Turis ike, in January 1 h Henry Brockerhofl had liens amounting to about $1500, and ith day of January, the day of the said n an sment was entered into by on both Young- R70, lying against wi on the set for the sale far: agret tween the law firm of Orvis & Alexan- der, and Henry Brockerhoff by the terras of which the said firm of Orvis of & Alexander to buy and be- the said farm: after which portions of the farm were to be sold and thus liquidate— | the liens held by the said Brockerhoff | against the farm, sometime in Novem- | ber 1871 the sheriff acknowledged his | deed poll to Henry Brockerhoff for the J. H, to each the was were one-half interest and to Orvis and C. T. Alexander fourth interest, and time a portion of the farm for 80000, which reduced the about $6000. About the same bond and mortgage delivered by the said Orvis & Alexan- der to Henry Brockerhofl' for $3500, Some years afterwards Judge Orvis’ | interest was sold to the Bellefonte Building & Loan Association, and aft- erwards purchased by Mr. Brockerhoff | whereupon this suit is brought to re- | cover from the estate of Judge Orvis the one-half of this mortgage, which the representatives of the estate allege has lotig since been paid as the mort- | gage has been in possession of the mortgaged premises. On Tuesday morning the plaintiffs ofiered to amend their pleadings in the case, and a juror was withdrawn and the case continued at the costs of the plaintifts, and a nile granted on the defendants to show cause why the plaintifts should not be allowed to amend their pleadings. Joseph 8. Ford, executor of ete, of Geo. W, Ford, deceased, vs, William J. Jackson, Eleanor H. Jackson, Da- vid D. Woods and John Bhook; eon- tinued at the cost of lhe plaintiff. (i. G. Snyder and James Snyder, trading as Snyder Bros., use of ete., vs, Thomas Collins; continued at the costs of the defendant. John Curtin and H. R. Curtin, trus- tee vs, J. 1... Bathurst; continued at the costs of the plaintiffs, Mary 8. Thomas vs. Thomas Butler and Burdine Butler. This case grows out of the placing in the hands of the one- about same | sold liens to time ! held against Da- the husband, upon where- Thomas, household erty of David R. Thomas, and which | portion of it by virtue | delivered | David R. a balance of a bill of sale executed and to her from: her husband, 'homas on a valid claim, a > - The Big Storm, Boston's storm loss will exceed million dollars. Along tne coast 15 lives are thought The storm had cut off Boston from the rest of the country. From all sections deep snows are three re- ported, localities having feet, The cold snap and snow storm struck all parts of the country. Rhode Island three feet of Snow prostration some In snow fell, of telegraph and telephone wires are reported from blockades, - * Three Holidays February, the | year, will have month of the this 12th; the the will month shortest threo Lincoln's birthday, election day, the third 15th; and Washing 22d. Bank clerks and Ciera work fewer days than holidays the ['uesday, birthday, officials any four ton's 8 in of the year, when the Sundays are added to the above three legal hol- idays, : Wn lp Wanamaker for Governor Men's Republican in Philadelphia on Wed- {X00 representative The Le nesday ; Jusiness gue met business men from all parts of the state were present. The platform strongly denounces the re tor. legislature and Wanamaker was ir. infamies of the recent Quay favored as its direc for Govern i -_ County Statement, the which every We did closely, In this issue we present county financial statement, in interested not but be The shown to taxpayer is have think found assets over liabili time to examine it the in county finances will satisfactory condition, Lis 8 are Dee $14,560 86 tla imemin Marriage Licenses, The following marriage licenses were issued during the past week: wn Me La lin, of Boggs twp Wesk y Fhe Ferguson, Wesley Love, John Smith Bessie igh- vnas and Cora Parker, of Tate, of Le of Jacksonville, ——- Hurt in Altoona sont, and Ids M. Yesterday's Altoona Tribune J. H. Lytle, a resident of Pine Mills, Centre county, years, BAYS: {irove about 50 about aged fell on an east side curb one o'clock yesterday morning, broke his left arm at the shoulder, Pr. A. Lytle The fracture was reduced Feltwell by , and yesterday Mr. re turned to his home, - >. - Reindeer for Klondike. The Thingvalla line steamer Hekla, which arrived on Monday at York from Copenhagen, Christiana, Christiansand and Shields, brought 35 reindeer for the Klondike, JUST ANYTHING To Interest Any One, and Hurt Nobody. est of winters thus far—not many | sleighing frolies or hops, no musical | conventions always so popular with Perhaps this is ac- | good work through the many protrac- | ted meetings that have been and The there is lots of fun The public begin shortly with a free lunch many free bite, But wait ; every to buy ; more to get a it, too. About the gin to peter out, time the public that fun good meals, plumsock ushering in, and and frolic, hoe-down, be Ieans and et cetera un so weiter, fit: to know dishes, jars silverware, stove-pipe and jams, bed sheets, hatchets, and sich, have been packed and poked to, flitting that is not seen upon frolicsome the is an after-inisery of the pro- the thrown overboard. seven died on passage and were - ; i ol ie—— ‘Serennded the Town. Bellefonte band, to enjoy the] j very excellent sleighing, on Saturday | | evening came to our town that our | denizens might listen to some tip-top on our streets and in our stores, The | Reporter was complimented with a ser- { enade for which wesay, Thanks, come again. A 55 Mf PB ——— Declines the Nomination, Henry Emerick, nominated by the Democratic caucus for the office of Overseer of the Poor, declines to allow his name to be used on the ticket, He will refuse to serve if he is elected. a Test the Low, The question of compulsory vaccina- tion of school children is to be tried in the Blair county court on complaint of a parent, To Our Customers, Chamberlain's Cough remedy is the best cough syrup we have ever used ourselves or inour families. W. H. King, Isaac P. King, and many oth- ers in this vicinity, have also pro- nounced it the best. All we want is for people to try it and they will be convinced. Upon honor, there is no better that we have ever tried, and we have used many kinds.—R. A, BLAKE & Bon, General Merchants, Big Tun- nel, Va. Sold by 8. M. Swartz, Tus seyville; F, A. Carson, Potters Mills; J. H. Ross, Linden Hall, and H. F. sheriff sometime during the summer Rossman, Spring Mills. County politics is not exciting yet, although quite a number are lengthen ing their poles to knock the prothono- tary persimmon, are fish- ing for the district attorpeyship. All honorable men, which leads us to hope that there wiil be devoid of the while a few an honorable can- VAS, methods that are a f decent men. the we tench in the nostrils of Our o« uinty seat has furnished state ith so many governors that imagined the timber had been exhaus- ted and that a higher would be would furnish presiden- terms, strike made and we tial timber for a half dq al Meek calculation in his willi the governorship, bear with all the Shunk. To thus county a boom is soon to en least, ut bro. is spoiling this no ngness Lo accept he modest dignity of a further honor our whizzing. which would be If our county is again to be guberna- the dinner gong, ‘er along Uphold torially honored, then ring ding- the tom-tom, to whoop President, dong, Can pPaign song, but for pride always. run ouniy But, ent : let the is enough of the the ‘eh he past of our valley, aberration brought them under the ob- pres. of above us recall aracters'’ whose mental long and who ved out the eant George Alspach, a soldier Black Hawk campaign, who had his home at Potters Mills, became a military monomaniac, and ever after wore a uniform, marched only in mil- itary step and imagined he was the BLO, flourisl in ab Marg same period. battalions, The was harm- less if let alone, but when the boys to annoy him, there would have been slaughter had not the immedi- To yell, “Black Rock ra within the sargeant’s hearing, was equivalent to a declaration of war, {and he would charge upon the offend- ter at once. Then there was that original tramp, Abe Lazy, the pollutor of school hous- whom he com- sargeant be- and tease stout, healthy and barefooted, Lazy 3 | annoyance to farmers and the terror of The only effective argu- ment that would make this tramp get up and git, was a black-snake cart. whip or the display of a shotgun, About the same years there flour ished a poor, harmless fidiot, familiar ly known as “Stine,”’ who passed through this valley about once a month, constantly going over some church melody, and stopping at times o “preach.” Btine was polite to all, in his idiotic way, and wherever night overtook him, in woods, field, fence- corner or stable, there he made his bed, exposure did not seem to break him down. There was another who frequently visited the valley, also suffering from mental derangement, whose name we can not recall, He was a great travel er too, and never molested by conduct- ors when boarding a P. & E. train. He was perfectly harmless and had a mania for spelling words, which he did, on any word given him, in such an amusing way, as to make any one have a kindly feeling for the poor fel- iow. There were other “characters” of lesser note—but all have passed off the stage. Happily, but singular to say, since the passing away of these beings there have not yet been any to follow. | ————————— 1898. WASHINGTON LETTER. |THE HOUSE PUTS ITSELF ON REC ORD FOR CURRENCY Heed Compels a Have Dodged. Spain's Friendly He- Intlons With Us WaAsHINGTON, Jan, 31. —Playing the voters for suckers is a very old Repub- It in 1900, The through ary of the lating the litical trick. istration, Republican admin- President Treasury, that some silver voles its and is manipu- cards so in sections where Are necessary the cards will show the He- and told al bimetallism storie McKin- silv many fairy 4 Mr. for wut what to accomplish bimetallism, stand- majority, through international the gold by the sup porte rs of To be and if held show “ the cards will tl {epublicans the forewarn- peir true colors single gold standard, ed is to be forearmed, real friend of any silver gets in this caught will deserve to be Heed compelled game, he caught. Czar cracked the whip and « the Republicrn majority of the House to stand up and the Teller , declaring bonds to be payabl er at the option of the government Heed is no dodger, whatever He is for the gold gold bonds, and he lled the House to endorse the payment of bonds in gold by defeating there party be counted against resolu- tion wily else he may be, standard and for simply SOT pe the Teller resolu of tion, although who would the method Republicans ¢ had killed resolu. pigeon-hole If tepublicans of the House they would have been enough r that h tion by the many of the thought, of them with the solid Democratic vote to have had dared to vote as there overthrown Reed's plan and Tel Her resolution, adopted the Senator Chandler, who has been © Mr. this to le spicaous in his championship of has of the ia McKinley's bimetallism, fs say of the t Intest attempt tter and sil- President the gold people and international bimetal- difficult thing he former kind of bimetal- clares in favor of 0d y aun R rs) to carry gold on one shoulder ver on the other: “The 1% trying to satisfy also proseculs lism, which is a very for him to do, because t are not in favor of any he ds » national debt in the best in the world, in deference to Id people, and refrains from the world lism. So pay- ing the mon- the ey gO BAN that the best money in gold, in order disturbing vimetallists, It may be sagacious pol- , but it will be difficult to pursue it wach longer, if Secretary Gage and his i= to avoid the cy assistants are to continue to declare, every possible occasion, that interna- tional bemetallism is impossible, while the President maintains he is prosecuting negotiations with other The time will soon come for the explicit declaration as to whether Mr. Gage or the President represents the Republican party.” Chandler was the only eastern Repub- lican who voted for the Teller resolu- tion, which was adopted by a vote of 47 to Those on that nations, Senator ey NL who have been blackguarding Spain for trying to buy the friendship of the U. 8. through trade concessions offered in the negotiations for a reci- procity treaty between the U. 8. and and Porto Rico, which are now under way, will doubtless be surprised learn that the first step in these nego- tiations was taken by the U. ter to Spain, the Department of State, the fact. Just why tion should have gone out of its way but such tion of its friendliness towards Spain, each individual must determine for by sending a U. Vana. The House by a vote of 188 to 67 passed the bill to pay $288,000 to the Southern Methodist Book Publishing the Company during the war. No Senator presents more unique ar- guments than Senater Tillman, of 8. C., and his latest, on t silver ques- tion, was one of the best. He said, as he walked down the aisle: ‘Before 15873, we used to go on two legs. One leg was gold and the other leg was «il- ver. Then we cut one leg off, but not content with that, we placed the cut- off leg on our shoulder, and now we go hopping along on one leg with the oth- er leg on our shoulder.” The Senator illustrated his remarks by action and when he ended by hopping around on one leg, bending over with the imagi nary burden on his shoulder, was such a burst of laughter and ap- plause that the Vice President Democrat who voted Teller resolution, UJ. 8B. bonds payable in option, The only | against the declaring at the Senator silver | Governments Catlerey, The Lodge gold bond resolution hav- | ing been defi of 53 to 24 the gentlemen who have Washing- legislation for qared from this their people the bond Was of La. sated by a vole { in the Senate, { been paying board bills in | ton with the idea that gold bonds could be sec at last s known Congress have got eyes to most the impossibility of {open to fact from the first day of session ab ute gold Vooriuls iegisintion. a CALIFORNIA Personally Conducted Tour Via Pennusylva- nis Rallroad, next Personally-Conduected Pennsylv leave New York, Pittsburg by on Wednesday, the alifornia via the road will in, and a the rolden Grate Mpecial February 16, stopping at Cirent Mammoth Cave and New Orleans dur- ‘arnival. F he Pacific i 11 § Il be made the Mardi Gras ( our allowed on t i De turning, stops City, € springs, (iods,} Denver, Chica- Hound-trip rate, wi at alt olorado Crarden of the ling drives, includ ion, meals, carriage and P and Pull- Ban Fran modations, NN route, to ion in Califor les “ast sommodations, drive ir weeks, carriage An npany the ional. experienced BOO af { the t lady tourists, information, Ag address al Pass. ineraries and full ourist ent, wk: or Crener ticket agents: I New Yi Assistant Broad FOAGWAY, Street -— * — - Bribe of $10,000 For a % John CC. ho voted old the ommit ote, Otis. of ( nilative in against Hanna for Legislative Investi- tee how allel ie to bribe him for H. H. Boy nesses | r ¢ iave 5 y% 1 over i the te Mayor nna’s manager in ( nm House, Ci mised an ep Dick ‘oiumbus, with in neinnati, and office by { President McKinle r Mr. Hanna, Mr. Ot ferred Mr. Boyce to | Campbell. Mr | Campbell h he said he got | Later Mr. Cs vole y to & savs he re- lis subsequently met showed from mp bell who i whic “a Mr. oi received £75 1 | of $10,000 in Co Mr. ( | $1750, Mr. Boyee to be given to Mr. | he voted for Mr. Hanna. a se 1808 ~Always Up to Date All of our New lumbus, which he said he wr if Otis Spring Spring Goods in. Bought advance, at the lowest New Suits, New Overcoats, New Hats, New Neckwear, New Fancy New Wollens, New Gloves, brellag, New Collars and Cufls, Fancy Shirts, New Trunks, New Bags, New BSweaters— Everything New, and at attractive prices, before prices, now coming Cases, MoxstrgoMERY & Co. Bellefonte. i A BIG DEFICIT. Auditor General Mylin announces [that the state treasury will be short | four million dollars under present leg- Corruption at Harrisburg, | increase of offices, raising of salaries, | creating useless clerkships, &e., &ec., | is doing all this and the people pay for | the piper because they voted for that kind of piper. aii" House Defeats Silver, The senate having passed Teller's silver resolution by a good majority, it was brought up in the house on Monday, when it was defeated by a vote of yeas 132, nays 182, ssn A A New Diseases. Deputy Register Kauffman has been putting the returns of the births and deaths on record daring the past week and while recording the causes of death given by the assessors discover- ed that there are some very peculiarly named diseases working on the sturdy yeomanty of Clearfield county. Fol lowing are the causes of death in a number of cases: “Phumony,” “con- sumtion,” “arysipelas,’”’ “oolrea,”’ “fenver,’ “eolery,” “‘membrains,” “eolrandfantom,” “stamich,” “phanvo- mia,” “pendicitis,” and “amonia.”— Clearfield Republican. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Toke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ale Druggists refand the money if it falls to Core. B | islation. i LOCAL ITEMS, Cullings of More from Everywhere. than Ordinary Interest Chaos who howled for winter Like in times of old, Hay, between their shivers: “Too dodgasted cold.” jut another nuisance Now comes into view, And helsasking: “Is it Cold enough for you ?”’ — Chron Potatoes are selling at 60¢ per bushel. This morning mercury was down to Zero again, Murders and suicides are still daily happenings. The Ward House, at for $6000 per Tyrone Car. Potter county Republicans have nounced against Quay. The of Edward Ei died on 7, aged ’ wife nert, of na, The ) VeArs, Hanna bribery investig: groundhog namiie its shadow. Hev NE in i A and next Rear oF v} & Chiurcet cowl hanged. HRamuel] } been alle dN y Yess rday. G. Rar ukle, Himse Mrs. Carr day at Mackeyville, her mal BUrviy BONS was Tobias, : ie name ie very fine ine OT Very ine 10g, Six 14 h week Ir es in thickness, Was ter part of last here. Rev, i's appoi nts fo At Centre Hall at at Spring Milis at 7 p. m. ; at Tu 7 10 a. m. Pitts seyville at The Tel which, "3 ”" 5 Chronicle- graph Irg ele un- the eye of the ent daily. Klondike has it there is star- the other and plenty doubtedly, will please leports irom the two-sided tone side and few fortunes; that there is no starvation the has not and this church, For Lutheran evening'sservice, in Rev. Rearick “those who do those who tell falsehoods those who swear.” Mrs. Hoff, en pneumonia hotel owing to the fail who claimed to bave tak- a Roxbury, Mass, ure of the own- in ded $1000 damages by the court, We had some elegant sleighing with- in the past ten days—{irst from one- and-a-half inches of sleet which gave sleighing a good start, then there came five inches of snow that kept it up in fine condition. In a recent lecture, Paul Du Chailla, the African explorer, confessed that, during his journey through the Equa- torial wilds, he had received no less than 20,000 offers of marriage, whole- sale and retail. What a paradise that would be for Centre county stags. [hile returning from Williamsport to his home in White Deer valley, on Monday, Cornelius Schaffer, an aged farmer, was thrown from his sleigh. He struck a telegraph pele and his skull was crushed. His horse became freightened at a locomotive whistle. A death certificate that was being shown in town the other , signed by a doctor, had the doctor’ name in the space on the blank he words “gause of death.” He belie it to be an error, while some others think it absolutely a fact, says t Arcade Leader, It is singular how willingly some persons cling to misinformaf how ready to question the dation upon which gossips erect false fabrics and distort facts. Every fair minded person will guard against cul tivating such a spirit, instead of the divine edict, “Judge not that ye be not : Judged.’
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